Years ago I was SURE that I didn't want kids. NEVER. NEVER EVER EVER.* I didn't have a motherly instinct. I certainly didn't want to bring another life into the world that I could screw up. I was also in a series of relationships that made me question everything about myself and wonder why …
Can People Really Change?
People often say some sort of, "I can't imagine you like that" comment to me when they learn about my past. When they learn that I was a down and out, mean, hurt, terrified, awful drunk. And even after I wasn't, I was bitter and hard-hearted for a period of time. I think that time …
I Saw This Family at the Dollar Store
When you troll the dollar stores for years in search of paper plates and straws and cat toys and party favors and completely inedible foods, you never even walk down the toy aisle. Except when you are looking for your nephews and then you think LET'S JUST KEEP LIKING LIGHT UP STICKS FOREVER, can we …
Too Sober For This 