You want to know what makes me nervous? Nothing. Stretches of nothing make me nervous. The great plains with their endless horizons. A fresh journal. A blank canvas. A day with no urgent plans. A new, untarnished year. For most of my existence I pictured my life as a book that was being written as…
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Thirty-Six Things I Know Now
Another birthday has come and gone, and I’ve got to say this one felt particularly satisfying. Not just because I’m now the product of two squares, but also because I feel more grounded and myself than ever. I wish sometimes that I could go back and tell my past self some of the lessons I’ve…
Can We Let All the Ugly Hang Out?
My writing here (and everywhere, honestly) has been sporadic at best, and usually whatever is worst. The last (counts on fingers, runs out, gives up) at least 10 years of my life have been hard. I’ve given birth, left churches, gone back to school, gotten my first job, gotten fired, gotten divorced, lost my mom…
Goodbye, Hello
Hello, it’s me I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet To go over everything They say that time’s supposed to heal ya But I ain’t done much healing Hello, can you hear me I’m in California dreaming about who we used to be When we were younger and free I’ve…
Find Your Light
Maybe the secret to a good day is much more subtle…
Some Kind of Love
I get it. You love him. He’s your whole world. You don’t even know what you would do without him; him, with his confidence and successes and experience and smarts and level-headedness. You are, after all, flighty; overemotional at best, a bit naive; flawed, really, and so lucky that he loves you and takes care…
Privilege vs. Entitlement
In a world divided by class, race, politics and religion, kind-hearted people are talking a lot about privilege. White privilege, male privilege, the obvious privilege
Looking For A Fix
Look, I wasn’t going to write anything about Josh Duggar, but I saw yet another article this morning that triggered a train of thought, and so even though this article isn’t about him per se it sort of is. Kind of. Not really. It’s more about people in general who get stuck looking for a…
Why I Feel Alienated by Liberals and Conservatives Both
By a poor person. By any standard I’m poor. I make about $200 a month more than I pay in monthly rent. In a good month. I depend on government food stamps because I need a good chunk of that $200 for gas and insurance on my old, fuel-inefficient vehicle to take me to my…
Ten Things Millennials Understand
In the history of maligned generations, mine may be the most severely, relentlessly and unfairly maligned. It’s true that we move back in with our parents and that we don’t go to church, but it’s not all bad. Here are some things we Millennials get right. I’m not saying no previous generations understood these things……
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