Double Dog Dare You and Other Life Lessons
My 6-year-old stuck a green plastic ball into his ear on a dare. The ER couldn't get it out. The ENT did. He never did it again. Parenting is something else.
Attack of the PMS Avenger
Once a month my alter ego takes over. She's emotional, irrational, and very irritable. I call her the PMS Avenger, and this month she was particularly unavoidable.
Vice Device
Stayed up too late reading, my son almost missed the bus, and he went to school without breakfast. The constant failures of motherhood, summed up in one morning.
Second Thoughts…
I confess to a weakness of spirit. Sometimes I find myself dwelling on the possibilities of a life with different choices. I wonder if I settled and cut myself off from different avenues of adventure and single living.
On Being Married
I've been married almost 8.5 years and I am not the person I used to be. If I'd known what years one through seven would look like, I'd have run.
