I was brave.
I did a good thing.
I did. I did. Uh-huh.
You know you want to know.
No news, but it’s okay either way.
I done broke a leg, and that’s all that matters.
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We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that’s so deeply a part of your being that you can’t even conceive of your [...]
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Pssst. Hey. New post at Single Mom at Work. Do read. Do comment. Do make it look like someone reads me over there. Thank you. You are a schmoopie.
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I want to write something of it down for safekeeping—something I can give to you, something to help you remember your courage when it’s slipped your mind in the future. Courage has a way of slipping after a few setbacks, a few hard knocks. No one’s fault. It’s just a difficult life, sometimes. I would tell you I wish I could protect you from life’s difficulties, you and your sister both, but in truth, I would be doing you no favors. You’ve already experienced more than your share of life’s bumps and losses so far, and in spite of this (and, I think, because of it), you are becoming yourself in beautiful fashion.
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Someone very special to me gave me this poem a while back. I thought you might like these words today, too. Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let [...]
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You want it back. You want your luck back. You raise an eyebrow at people who say blithely, “You make your own luck.” Your gut insists that the playing field is not that even, but maybe your gut is not as wise as you once thought it was.
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This morning, I find THIS charmer in my inbox: “Hello, Bob, I’ve heard that your wife is about to give birth to your firstling and you’re going to be present at the childbirth. You know, two years ago I became a father too, but after I had seen my young wife in labor I couldn’t [...]
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New Jenny the Single Mama (Not) at Work post over at Work It, Mom. Hey, email me or comment with your worst online dating tale, and I may turn it into a haiku. Or a really filthy limerick, depending on just how out-of-hand it got. And if you leave a decent tip in the tip [...]
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Nina sleeps heavily beside me on the couch. She will die on Thursday morning. The vet will come to the house and I will hold my red girl and kiss her soft head, and she will be gone, just like that. I cannot imagine saying to anyone I love (or anyone I don’t): You will [...]
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