Tag Archives: stepmomming
upon riding the tidal wave
A year ago we were in Colombia. It was the farthest and longest I’d been away from the girls, along with a totally perspective-changing and passion-sharpening experience. Hard to believe …
Days of reckoning
Post-September 11, 2001, Martina McBride’s stunning song about domestic violence was used with a different, just as chilling and significant meaning: Days of reckoning are not fun. On September 11, …
You work & you work & you work on a boat…
I woke up early. It was initially Kaity’s fault, but then, in spite of myself, I couldn’t go back to sleep. It’s weird the things that make me feel like …
It’s more complicated than you think
The older I get, the more I appreciate Meryl Streep. She can make a 2 second facial expression into dramatic genius. I adore her. That said, I have…well…very complicated feelings …
Walmart parenting
It’s all over the place, but you know, thematic. You’ve been warned. I used to pretty much buy everything at Walmart. I am discovering as time goes by that cheaper …
definition & testimony/ on being a stepmom
What Defines Me I’ve been thinking a lot lately about definition. What defines me? I used to try to describe myself with vitals, lists, things like that. All you would …
short bursts of mayhem
