I can’t believe I’m about to write about losing a kitty again, two months after losing our other one, but here I am. My heart is shattered into a million pieces, and everything feels a bit surreal. Even though I knew she didn’t have a lot of time left, I still thought we would have…
Motherhood is a strange thing. One minute you’re the center of your child’s universe, and the next you’ve ruined their day by committing the crime of attempting to keep them safe. The long sighs, eye rolls, and “I just wish you trusted me” will never cease to remind you of how you’re making a difference…
Let’s talk about concerts. Everyone needs a hobby. Mine just happens to be live music. And I’ll just go ahead and stop you right now before you look down your nose at me while making smug comments about how you would *never* spend so much money on one event. First of all, if you’re smart…
My youngest son is 16, and now has his license. Unfortunately for him, used cars now cost so much money that we haven’t been able to get him his own set of wheels yet. Fortunately for me, that means I get to drive him around a little while longer. Even more fortunately for all the…
Nothing ever really prepares you to say goodbye to a little furry friend …When I moved here almost ten years ago now, having just been divorced, I was struggling when the kids left to spend time at the other house. It was a very challenging and lonely time. So I rescued a kitty. She was…
This post is a bit of a blast from the not-so-distant past. I wrote this last October, but I couldn’t share it with the world until now. Sometimes there are things that are so heavy they need time to settle before they can be spoken. Today … Today I can breathe. My youngest son was…
While we’re at it, I want to have a conversation about eyes. Specifically, I want to talk about eyesight, and reading, and the loss of my pride – not necessarily in that order. Everyone knows you lose your close-up vision as you age. But for people like me who are already nearsighted, that brings some…
“The fat pad in your heel is dissolving with age.” File this under Sentences I Never Thought I’d Hear. The fat pad is … It’s what?? This was not a thing I ever knew could happen. And I’m just as surprised as I am irritated by this fact. Congratulations, you’re now old enough to lose…
Picture it. My house. 2024. A no-longer-quite-so-young-girl is sitting in her bedroom, staring at an offending box on the floor. It mocks her with just its title. She sighs, having successfully avoided this box for a few months now, but finding herself unable to anymore because her doctor is likely wondering why she won’t open…
Why have I created my own word to describe this phase of life? First of all, because I can. More importantly, this time of a woman’s life is not just a few years with a couple of passing inconveniences, like we all thought it would be. Honestly, I left my middle school health classes armed…