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A letter to you
First you need to know how much I love you. Next you need to know how much you are going to love yourself when all of this is over. I am so proud of you for everything positive you’re doing in your...
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How to make me cry on my day off
Car man: Mrs. Baker, I need to see you back here in the garage, please. Me: TOTALLY DIDN’T DO IT WHATEVER IT IS. Him: Yes ma’am, that’s right. We’ll just peek right here under the [something technical...
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Elusive Sleep, Part II
For the past few weeks, maybe longer, I’ve been lying awake for HOURS trying to get to sleep. I’ve been taking Ambien for quite a while – not a secret – and it helps me stay asleep like a charm. But...
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Before, after and all that’s in between
Turns out I should shut my whore mouth after all. I have always been the kind of person that wears my life – and all that goes with it – on a fat billboard around my neck. Ask me anything. I’ll tell...
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On the regular
Brian proposed to me 9 years ago today. I point this out because that’s the only time he actually sent me flowers at work, and I’m sure they were the most expensive tulips in the history of ever,...
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War on Drugs
I’ve just spent the better part of an afternoon doing two things: first, crying inside because I have a migraine and my office is THE LOUDEST PLACE ON THE GODDAMNED EARTH and second, reading articles...
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American Girl
It’s late, and my nap on the couch after dinner wasn’t a good idea. I’ve been so tired lately, probably from too much exercise of the mind and not enough exercise of the body. Winter missed us...
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Vulnerable
I’m not sleeping again. Tonight I will try the couch to see if it makes a difference. My body hurts, my feet especially, and I feel like I’m starting the slow spiral into “mild” depression, if there is...
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To be adored
I hear the buzz of the dryer in the other room, impatiently reminding me that THE CLOTHES ARE CLEAN, LAZY WOMAN for the 35th time. I reach around for the magazine postcard that inevitably lands...
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The dog ate my homework
Over the past 6 months or so I’ve been wrestling with a few issues, not the least of which is what to do with my blog. Since I started writing this almost 6 (!) years ago, I have changed. The...
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A Carolina Girl Reads the New York Times
Last week, during the really rotten second half of the Carolina game against Wisconsin, I was on Pinterest searching for something to take my mind off my basketball nerves. I wore my Carolina t-shirt...
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A More Literal Interpretation
I started this blog in 2007, and it’s undergone various renovations and hiatuses (and posts like this explaining those revisions) ever since. It began as a place to share pictures from our summer...
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The dog ate my homework
Over the past 6 months or so I’ve been wrestling with a few issues, not the least of which is what to do with my blog. Since I started writing this almost 6 (!) years ago, I have changed. The...
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