Am I ready for a Zombie Apocalypse? Sure, if sweet-smelling lotions will help. I'll let my husband handle the rest.
Tag: marriage
Book Two: The Audiobook
My husband assures me that audiobook readings span the spectrum from terrible to terrific and that listeners have endless grace for great content. I hope they also have grace for content that is twenty thousand words too long, many of which are mispronounced.
FLU-2: Zoonopa
It turns out that not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. It turns out that, sometimes, Vegas giveth and taketh away. It turns out that some souvenirs are the worst, even if free.
The Silent Soiling
It’s not that I’m unfamiliar with the term “soiling the nest.” I’ve already endured one round, after all, when my husband and I launched our first baby adult into the wild three years ago. It’s that my second child has reached full soiling season and it is about 983 times more amped than what we experienced with his sibling. I know. Give him a few years.
Pistol 101: A Potentially Polarizing Post.
Look, some of you are going to go full cringe on this one so let me throw the topic out right here at the top: Guns. It’s okay if you don’t want to read on but please consider this one piece of advice: take a gun safety class.
Reverse Gratitude: It’s a thing, right?
I picked up the newspaper and started reading "It's in Times of Adversity When Gratitude Shows Up," written by John Nagy about the recent loss of his mother. As the messages between the lines revealed themselves, I felt compelled to put the paper back down because, well, why did it feel like Nagy was speaking directly to me?!?
Socialization? Remember that? Yeah, me neither.
We were sure our son would jump for joy at our parental directive to work fewer hours while also being encouraged to go out and have fun. There were no jumps for joy. There was only a look of confusion and an "I don't even know how to do that."
Take The Trip.
It’s a tough decision, at the moment, whether to take a thirty-fourth stab at a quick nap or get to clicking away. I’m sitting on a flight headed to the left coast in a pseudo-spurt-of-the-moment jaunt to visit my husband as he completes a few weeks of training with his new company. I could certainly … Continue reading Take The Trip.
Bostunned. We Relish.
We often talk of life turning on a dime or about unexpected calamities that we are unable to peel our thoughts away from. The truth is, I suppose, that life can turn on a dime and point to something amazing just as easily.
The College Try? Never Heard of It.
As written for Grown and Flown, a terrific resource for parents to discover just how normal their teens actually are. Well, we’re only one week into summer break and, already, I’m over it. Not the whole thing, but definitely the part where I (again) live with a seventeen-year-old who (again) I really do love very, … Continue reading The College Try? Never Heard of It.