Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
For donuts at the library for the third time this week, where there's always a yoga class or story time or just one more book we need to get before we can leave. For another Thanksgiving sober, instead of one like years ago where I fell off the train drunk as my parents arrived to pick …
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The word quit gets a bad rap. The mere thought of quitting makes some folks break out in hives. You know QUITTERS NEVER WIN AND WINNERS NEVER QUIT and so on and so forth. Well, I'm here in defense of the quitters. I'm here to say I'm a quitter and quitters do quit and are …
This was in my daughters art pile from school yesterday. It's not "pretty". It's tough and a little sad but with a tiny smile and achingly beautiful. Just like my girl. I asked her who it was and she immediately said, "OH THAT'S ME". Of course I added the wording, but when I saw her self-portrait …
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Too Sober For This 