Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Friday, August 18, 2023

my superpower reality check

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  A long time ago, when someone asked me what I would pick as a super power, I would always choose flying. Then, as I got older, it became a...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Some thoughts about happiness or lack thereof

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I’m sitting here, looking up at the branches of this beautiful tree _ the leaves are rustling steadily in the summer breeze of this exceptio...
Friday, November 20, 2020

when your love language is expletives

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My first-born daughter's love language is physical affection. I wonder why life has given her a mother who doesn't like to be touche...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

recognizing the relativity of time & age

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Never before have I been reminded as often as I have in the past few weeks, that time is relative. It is a concept that isn't exact and...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

the ugly face of a mother's love

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My relationship with my first-born daughter Lee has been giving me nightmares. I hate it when my fear whispers into my dreams, wrapping i...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

one of those days

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Was going to sleep in, after can’t-count-how-many days of getting up early.  Alas, more z-s weren't in the stars for me today. ...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

inner religious turmoil (but not really)

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I am sitting here ... it's Easter Sunday, the weather is unbelievably perfect, all my windows are open to let in a beautiful, warm cros...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

you should do this

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If someone were to ask you to describe the perfect day in a most perfect future, would you be able to do it? I've heard about this exer...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

charity is supposed to make you feel good...

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I just finished organizing a charity event that left me entirely too bitter about the state of humanity. It was a free family portrait day ...
Monday, January 02, 2017

what i woke up to this morning (straight from my head onto paper it went)

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It is the last free day before school starts again and I will be returned to a forced schedule of daily 6 a.m. risings. I lay in bed with my...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

dreaming small for the new year

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Last New Year's Eve I spent alone at home, convincing myself that I don't need no-stinkin'-body to have a good time. Well, .. wh...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

is it wrong to combine smoke breaks with mediation?

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I live by a fairly busy street and have grown used to the noise of passing cars, so it is particularly strange when it suddenly becomes comp...
Friday, November 04, 2016

on gratitude

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Every morning, I sit down to write a bullet list of things I am grateful for, a good practice I heard about on Tim Ferriss's podcast a ...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

a true revelation

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I have been struggling with a certain inability to get over someone I should not even be having to "get over." It is a guy who is ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

fixed vs. growth mindset

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Listened to a podcast the other day about the science of success. It's the name of the podcast, actually. This particular episode was a...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

where have i been? life update in 8 paragraphs.

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2007-2014 Since I am returning to this blog, I guess, a quick update of the past 7 years is in order. D and I divorced. The year that fol...
Monday, May 21, 2007

happiness is subjective...

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what is wrong with me? i should be happy. my kids are healthy. my family is healthy. I am (relatively) healthy. D can be annoying but really...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

how will this go on?

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I've decided I need to get back to my roots with this blog. It's become way too serious and way too depressive. And OMG, the drama (...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

separation anxieties

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so, didn`t i just recently say how i would be just fine with separating (or something like that)? well, let`s see about that. it looks like ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

no it isn't my last entry

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the last post was just to say goodbye to my old URL. this is my last attempt of trying to blog somewhat anonymously. truth is i need to writ...