Step-Mothers Get No Respect: Reflections on the Major Suck that is Step-Parenting
Raised him from ten to eighteen. Two calls from boot camp, one favor asked, zero letters. What step-parenting actually buys you when the ex controls the story.
Seeing Double
My coworker got nominated for employee of the month after missing three weeks — possibly for being in jail. I called out for a sick child and got talked about. Same old double standard.
Song of the Day
Today's song of the day. Amy Winehouse, Love is a Losing Game. Some songs say everything you can't.
Tales of an Outsider
Nobody wants to hang out with the person going through a divorce. Feeling like an outsider at work, and the exhausting math of having nothing relatable to share.
Being Social is Hard
Newly social and tequila does not mix. Being social is hard. Lessons learned.




