Yay, Love!

It's my 4 year wedding anniversary to my dear sweet dumpster husband today!  When I think we've only been married 4 years and realize all we've been through, it blows my tiny mind.  I wrote this last year, and it is chock full o' pictures from our wedding and our original love story of Second …

I Get to be a Mom

This piece was originally performed at Write Club Chicago 2 years ago.  What's Write Club you ask?  Click that link to see the majesty that is Write Club.  Thank you, Ian. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; …

My Very First Mother’s Day as a Mom

It's almost Mother's Day.  There are a lot of those pesky feelings cropping up.  Such as - I AM RESPONSIBLE.  Like, REALLY RESPONSIBLE for these two beings.  Who the hell made that decision?  I did.  Which means I have to really be responsible for myself or these babies are screwed.  There was a long stretch …