Today is is the last day of February, and it has been bitter cold. So cold you feel it deep in your bones. So cold you think you’ll never get warm. To be honest, it has suited my mood. I have struggled this week to maintain my game face, but inside I am a bitter […]
Beware the scary story.
It’s Halloween here in the states, and it’s raining. It always seems to be raining when I write these posts. It’s as if the universe knows I don’t want to go here. I put off the inevitable by going to the kitchen for another cup of coffee (because we all know that coffee always helps […]
A taste of freedom.
It’s early on a quiet Sunday morning, and the sky is starting to lighten with the dawn. A cup of coffee by my side, I’m reflecting on the long conversations only hours ago. Last night DangerBoy called from a hotel room during his 36 hour pass from Basic Training, the first taste of freedom he’s […]
Conflicted.
I have a confession. I’m not the touchy feely kind of parent (shocking, I know). Long ago I learned that, in order to be a better mother, I had to go back to work so I could actually see that I was making some sort of forward progress on a daily basis (let’s face it […]
Letting go.
It’s raining today. It’s gray and dull and dreary out, and I’d like nothing more than to crawl back into bed and pull my down comforter up to my chin. I think about where I am in my life, and the highly circuitous path it’s taken to get me here. Never in a million years […]
