They looked at me like I had sprouted three heads. I had blurted out the first thing that came to my mind when I read the question and now I was receiving looks of shock, bewilderment, distress. I was used to a little shock and discomfort when I drop an F-bomb, but I hadn’t this […]
The Window of My Mind
If you want to know how I’m handling life, look in my purse. Some days I am completely on top of my game. The kitchen is cleaned after every meal; kids make it to bed on time; laundry is washed, dried, folded, and put away all on the same day; I work out, eat right(ish), […]
The Working Mom’s Nightmare
Reading program at the library: Registration Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Reading program at the library: Fun activities every week! 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. Bible camp: Every day for one week in June, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free movies at the movie theater!: Every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Discounted movies at the other […]
To my husband during our dry spell
Dear Husband, I love you. I really do. More than I did on the day we married. But I don’t want to have sex with you. Ouch. That hurts me to say out loud probably more than it hurts you to hear it. I wish I wanted to have sex. But I don’t. We used […]
How to take kids to church every day
I’ve been taking my kids (5 & 6 when we started) with me to daily Mass nearly every day for the past year. People will stare at me slack jawed when they find out our daily ritual. Some probably think I’m crazy. Some may even be envious or incredulous at the ability. “I wish I […]
What about me?
That morning’s Gospel reading at Mass was a doozy. Hooey! I wanted to take this reading and stitch it on a pillow and give it out to all those “so-called Christians.” This will show all those on the other side of the political spectrum what Jesus thinks of them! Booya! Mic drop! I was filled […]
The Day That Almost Killed Us
I tell people we’re the cautionary tale. We were going about our lives like your average American couple in their 30’s. Decent jobs, young kids, a couple cars – one we actually owned outright so we felt a little ahead of the game – a couple credit cards and lines of credit, and a fixer-upper […]
Mother’s Day Sucks
I’d like to start a movement: To remove Mother’s Day as a holiday. Or at the very least, remove it as a commercialized holiday so we can quit fucking hearing about it! Mother’s Day sucks. It just does. For so many, Mother’s Day is a horrible reminder of what isn’t, what can’t be, what was, […]
God never gives us more than we can handle, but kindergarten teachers do
She came bouncing out of the school doors. As soon as I saw it, I knew why there was even more pep in her normally bouncy gait. As soon as I saw it, I groaned an almost audible “fuuuuuhhck… nooooo…” Bob. Bob the Owl. The classroom “pet.” Every kid in kindergarten gets to take Bob […]
40+ Days of No Buying
I would never have considered myself a shopaholic. In fact, I actually loathed the activity for years. The thought of going into a store and wandering around and looking and trying stuff on made me exhausted and irritable just thinking about it. The crowds, the going from store to store, the overly helpful store clerks […]