I went no contact with my mom many years ago when we had a big blow up over Mother's Day in 2015 that ended with her physically assaulting me. I left swearing she'd never see me again with she yelled back "Good!" The average person looking at that would say "Oh it was all said … Continue reading She did nothing
Sharing: The Over and Under of It
"Oversharing felt like taking the bullets out of the gun that I knew would inevitably hurt me." A simple note to myself Jun 1 of last year. It's hard to imagine a more ironic beginning of a blog post, talking about oversharing. I could go on about Gen Z's unsettling ability to overshare. A girl … Continue reading Sharing: The Over and Under of It
Names
My husband and I were watching a show "Tulsa King" the other night. In it Sylvester Stalone says something like "...wanna find out, F*ckface?" In the moment we laughed. It was a funny line in a tense scene. But I immediately remembered the first time I'd heard that name. My mom had called me that. … Continue reading Names
2024 update
Hi I know I said I was back a couple times but I’m planning this time it's for keeps. It's 2024. I took a 5 (yikes) year break. I hate that I did. But it was necessary. In 2019 I had a friend who experienced a very heavy loss and I wanted to be there … Continue reading 2024 update
Oh Hello There
I swore up and down I'd write within a year of my last post. In fact, I created this blog thinking I'd produce content once if not twice a week. Yeah that lasted a whole year until somehow in the spring of 2019 God was like "OK, lol, but instead I have a lot more … Continue reading Oh Hello There
The Mild Millennial 