The day I met you, I knew in my heart that you were my man. You weren’t as confident about our celestial pull at first (and I will never let you live that down), but I can honestly say I have never doubted your magnetic qualities. We quickly fell in love amidst house parties, happy… Read More Dance Me to the End of Love
Marriage is really tough. Marriage with kids is even tougher. Along with the many ordinary stressors of life, we carry baggage from the past as well as currently breaking baggage. For women in particular, I think there is an ongoing problem with feeling HEARD and being taken seriously. There are a number of reasons for… Read More Pretend You Love Him
First let me say that I love my husband and feel very lucky to have him in my life. We met in 2005, and got married in 2007. We had both been in difficult marriages earlier, and I certainly wasn’t planning to ever get married again, because I felt that was only for the child-bearing… Read More Dear Husband
[*Alternate Title: “In Which Melanie’s Feminist Card Is Revoked, Hell Freezes Over, And An Inconvenient Truth Is Recognized”] I am exhausted. Tomorrow is Saturday, and it’s also the one day a month where we do the billing in my office and I need to come in to help. Normally that’s not an issue at… Read More An Inconvenient Truth? Maybe My Career Is Actually Hurting My Family.*
As we all know, this winter has royally suuuucked. The school district where I work has had SIXTEEN closures/delays/early dismissals due to the crazy weather, which comes out to about two per week since the first one in December. I know I am suffering from Mommy Brain or whatever, but I thought I was living… Read More Why I’m Thankful for This Crappy, Endless Winter
Something really important happened on the day my daughter turned 97 days old. I was nearing the end of her bedtime routine as my husband looked on from our bed. Baby smelled fresh (only a faint sour milk stench), was in clean, soft PJs, had a full belly, and was passed out, heavy and warm… Read More A Mommy Milestone
Time to give thanks! I know how fortunate and blessed I am, and give thanks every day in my mind to whatever higher power has brought me this amazing life. But sometimes it’s good to say it out loud. I am thankful for (in no particular order): Healthy children who have grown up to be… Read More So grateful
I had a friend from college, with whom I had a great long-distance post-graduation relationship. He’d call me on my birthday and croon “Happy Birthday” into the message machine, complete with vibrato. We exchanged funny letters and referenced various private jokes. It was a nice, light, uncomplicated relationship. Despite not seeing him for years at… Read More Endings
It’s not a great day for me. I’m dreading a confrontational meeting tomorrow. So I am going to purge all of my hateful feelings in an effort to cleanse my psyche. 1. Slugs: why do they exist? All they do is eat the plants in my garden before they get a chance to grow. They… Read More Feeling Hateful
My mother was a movie buff who loved telling me the plots of her favorite films as though they were a children’s story. She instilled a love of movies in me, and I adored watching the great movies she recommended to me. I’m going to share some of them with you! Now, Voyager (1942): Bette… Read More You Oughta Be In Pictures
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