I used to blog every. single. day.  There was barely a thought or event or special occasion that went undocumented in some form or another.
And then?  Well, I don’t know what.  Other shit became more important, I guess.  Or maybe I just got bored with it.  Or maybe I just started spewing all of my [...]

I believe in happiness.
Not just serenity.
Not just peace.
Not just every day contentedness.
Happiness.
As much of it as you can possibly get your hands on.
It seems, at times, that most people hope for happy and hang on to content.  My belief in happiness seems to separate me from a good chunk of the rest of the world.
Friends, [...]

I try not to think about what I look like.
Instead, I tend to concentrate on how I feel.  When I’m laughing or talking or twirling, I feel happy.  I feel alive.  I feel brightly colored and twinkling and like joy itself in motion.  I let the emotions bubble up from my insides until I have [...]

Blog memes are like bell bottoms.
It doesn’t matter how good or bad of an idea they were in the first place, they always come back around eventually.
The most recent one to resurface is the “Things I Would Love To Say” post.  The way it works is that the blogger makes a list of random things [...]

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“Mom, when are we going to change houses again?”
Emma doesn’t speak to me for the first half of our morning drive to daycare.  I think it takes her that long to get over being pissed about having to get up in the morning.  I can tell she’s over it when she suddenly launches into conversation.
“I [...]

I got knocked up about two months after my 19th birthday.
A year later, 9 years ago today, I was married.
When you find yourself pregnant, a mother, and a wife – in that order – you give up on some fantasies. You never have the surprise proposal on a weekend getaway, with the boyfriend whose [...]

When life is good, it’s very good.
And when it’s bad, remind me.
When I’m lonely and resentful, longing for home and inside jokes,
Remind me about weekends filled with laughter and easy friendship.
When I’m bitter with monotony, and the daily grind is wearing,
Make me remember time capsule moments that made me more alive.
When I feel like no [...]