April 30, 2010

Girl Talk Thursday – when I grow up

In Kindergarten, my mom could entertain me for hours by giving me a dust rag and a bottle of Pledge. I’d lovingly wipe every crevice of our piano and every surface of every tabletop in the house. (Looking back, I was probably getting high from the fumes.)

“I want to be a maid [...]

April 28, 2010

messages from beyond the fridge

I have an email in my inbox from my therapist—reminding me to eat right and go to a doctor about the stomach aches I’ve been continuing to have and telling me that I can’t make strides toward mental health until my body is well.

I get about 50 emails a day, so every day [...]

April 24, 2010

living things

This week, Chipmunk mostly stopped napping. So in the late afternoons, instead of working until dinnertime, I’ve closed up shop a bit early.

While his brother sleeps, we go outside and water the plants.

(Or plant more plants, since I’ve developed a bad habit of buying 79 cent perennials every time I go to [...]