Christmas 2014 was, by any measure imaginable, the best Christmas ever in the relatively short history of my small family. The gifts were wonderful, and the thought behind each was even more so. The most exciting part of Christmas 2014 though, the part we each stopped to reflect on while […]
Six and a half years ago when I left my white collar job for the sweatpants and pot and pans of the at-home life, I had a grand vision. Well, I had a few grand visions, the first of which was dashed on day one when I set up my […]
To be honest, I’m not the type to spend too much time watching videos of any sort on the internet. It’s the contrarian in me. Lots of people do it? Ok, I’m going the other way. Therefore, I haven’t seen too many ALS Ice Bucket Challenges, but I cannot imagine […]
A young boy leaves the Earth and the world gets better because of his heroism and the proud memory of his short time that so many carry forward with them forever. That’s what we tell ourselves to ease the pain of the brutal reality in front of our pained faces. […]
This post was made possible through the support of Goodwill. All opinions are my own. I might eschew the populist notion that there is something called Valentine’s Day and I don’t really acknowledge the fiction that is Father’s Day, but what I DO celebrate is Baseball Opening Day and the […]
My toy chest was perpetually overstuffed, the non-union hinges worked tirelessly in cramped, turn-of-the-last-century conditions to entrap the bounty of forest green plastic soldiers and fierce-faced He-Man figures it was tasked with containing, and my husky waistline yielded incrementing evidence to the jury that I rarely missed a meal.
I’ll keep my weird beard and I’ll be #RunningforMo instead, to raise money for my Movember face fuzz bloggy buds.
This post is brought to you by ConAgra Foods and The Motherhood, and I’ve been compensated for my time. However, all opinions are my own, as always. Causes get more traction when a celeb is on board (see: every single televised benefit concert after every single televised disaster), it’s the […]
