A good friend introduced me to Where'd You Go, Bernadette. I bought the book and I couldn't put it down. There's just something about Semple's characters that pulls me in and I become invested in their lives. They feel like real people. They have all kinds of struggles: depression, anxiety, peer pressure, family pressure. Not…
Monday Monday
I woke up early today. Too early for me and my stomach. My stomach doesn't like getting up before 7:00AM. But it was for a good cause. As I was driving, though, I wrote a song in honor of Monday. Well, it was more of a dirge, really. As an homage to all of the…
Where Have I Gone?
It's been awhile since I've written here. I've fallen in a hole. Not a literal hole, mind. More of a mental hole. Happens every year. It doesn't matter where I am or what I am doing. If I'm successful or not. If I'm employed or in school or working at home. If I'm in a…
Lessons from Picking Blackberries
Being the end of summer and beginning of fall, the blackberries are ripe and we decided that we were going to pick some this year. So my husband and I got to work. I geared up with my boots and jeans and long-sleeved shirt. My husband had the clippers for those vines that just won't…
Adventures in Caregiving
I'm currently a caregiver, not something I ever thought I'd be doing. After spending three and a half years working as a receptionist at a clinic, I was ready to be much less involved in anything requiring a doctor's office. Instead, I take my grandpa to the majority of his appointments. So I spend a…