Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
One expectation for this holiday season that I can almost guarantee will happen is that I will be wearing comfy pants several days in a row before showering and putting on clean comfy pants. I might know that because it's happening already today. Other than that, I HAVE NO EXPECTATIONS. That's the goal. One of …
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As I stared in the ladies room bathroom mirror, I pulled out three far too long eyebrow hairs and deposited them into the garbage. I glanced at my cleavage and reveled in how I still got it going on in the décolletage area. Then I re-applied my red lipstick. Some might say I look like …
Some days I am so steeled against the world, it's a wonder I even feel the rain on my face. Other days, like today, I am cracked right open. So raw and vulnerable that I may not function as a human being but rather just a ball of electric feelings so exposed to the elements …
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