Everyone Thinks They Are Failing at Something

Don't let anybody fool you.  What you see on the outside is often altogether misleading. My friend Sheila wrote this great piece last week - Me and My Elmo Feet  - talking about perception vs reality.  What it means to be a grown up and that she is, after all, a grown up (and a lovely one …

Keep Living Until You Feel Alive Again

I look at my social media memories every morning as part of my checks - Email - Check Facebook - Check Twitter - Check Instagram - Check Neko Atsume - MAN THOSE CATS MUST BE HUNGRY - Check Kids - throw some cereal their way - CHECK Today I looked and saw this - As …

Running on Fumes – On Being a Woman and Caring for Myself

I didn't even realize it was happening.  I usually don't.  It happens every so often when I'm not being diligent.  When I'm less patient with my kids and husband.  When I'm prickly overall.  When I'm eating worse than usual. And I never really eat all that well to begin with.  But this is worse. I …