Ritual is the spark that must not go out

 
 
THINGS I NEVER WRITE ABOUT:
 
 
Depression
 
Loneliness
 
Being fat
 
Being a loser in grade school
 
Past sexual partners
 
 
 
THINGS I WRITE ABOUT TOO OFTEN
 
 
My son
 
My dead mother
 
Snow
 
Sugar
 
Poop
 
 

Here comes a strange cargo

This morning was an experiment in seeing if I could wear all my different hats at once.  I got up extra early, threw some clothes on myself and some on the kid and drove the husband to his oral surgery appointment.  I then drove back home to throw some new clothes onto the kid since [...]

FINN SAYS HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

♥     TO HIMSELF!   ♥

WORST MOTHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

When I went to get Finn up this morning, I noticed he was soaking wet, which is an unusual occurrence; his diaper must have sprung a pee leak.  I stripped him of his jammies & diaper, put a blanket over the wet spot in his crib and let him sit in there nude with a [...]

WOKE UP FALLING

We had to drive through a back roads area to get to this particular border crossing.  We were surrounded by farm lands and winding country roads.  A bald eagle flew over us and perched heavily in a tree just as the sun broke from behind the clouds and lit up all the lush grasses.  I [...]

CAKE FACED

November was the “Post Everyday” challenge.  December was the “Deal with Snow Everyday” challenge.  January was the “Eat no sugar or foods that act like sugar” challenge.  For the entire month of January, I was essentially sugar free.  This is a great feat for someone like me with a massive sugar dependency.  I recruited my [...]