busy processing some life stuff. No energy to really write and an honest fear that maybe I’m not ready to have my words out. I thought I was but now I feel naked in front of the crowd. My options are to put on a show or run away crying. For now I’ll just stand …

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It was a rough parenting day. Nothing horrible happened, but a 7-yo sure can make you feel less than human when they themselves are having a rough go. So the man made me a bunch of funny pics. And I ate ramen. Win, I guess.

I don’t like to complain about my life cuz it’s a good good life. But I hadn’t planned for this one. So sometimes I’m melting crayons in a double boiler surrounded by a dozen 7 year olds going who is this? Whose life is this?? We made candles    

Day 3 is always throttle day. Had a slow start and punched out little yesterday and now scrapping the whole endeavor and starting over which means I need to somehow bang out close to 6k today *scoffs* She decided to ignore him for both their sakes. He was overwhelmed by her and pushing her away. …

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one word right after the other. That’s all it takes. To make one hundred. Maybe it’s the way the fall leaves rustle across the fresh asphalt and the smell of them mingles with machine oil and together that make an indelible memory of fall that roots in my brain like the smell of grass and …

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