Close Your Doors, People
Two years ago today, we discovered an intruder in our house. A stinky, slick intruder under the baby’s bed. Of all the things I have blogged about in the last 4 years, […]
The lesson from two sides of the same story
Last Monday, I had the great pleasure of talking to a couple creative writing classes at a high school in my hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. The invitation came in […]
We’re different. We’re the same.
When we were in the process of adopting, we took a lot of classes and read a lot of books about parenting trans-racially and the cognitive development of children. There are several […]
Using Three Words to Get or Get Over Your One Day
Yesterday, we talked about the ubiquitous One Days in our lives. You know, those things we promise ourselves we’ll get around to One Day. And, sometimes, yes, we just need […]
Making a decision about one day
A recent assignment has had me thinking about aging- specifically about our fear of aging. As I was brainstorming and pondering what it is we’re scared of (what I’m scared […]
some journal prompts to get your day going…
I love a good journal prompt, and my very favorite journal prompt is one that just asks you to finish a sentence or briefly answer a question so imagine my […]
Blast from the past: How Can I Begin to Love Myself Again
So, I was looking for an old blog post to find the name of a book tonight when I came across this blog post originally published on November 23, 2008- […]
Random Bits
So, the last post was heavier so I thought I’d go lighter today. Not that we won’t revisit heavy stuff because it’s kinda where I live (not to say I’m […]
