When my stress level rises my coping mechanisms come out and my defense shields go up. I think that’s true of most of us. But a funny thing happens when I am coping, defending, surviving – it becomes all about me. My burden. My worries. My what-ifs. These stressors, though, (the house project of the [...]
My laundry hamper, as we speak: Like how I put the lid on top still, for effect? You should know that I hate, nay… loath… nay! abhor laundry. I am able to keep up on the cloth diaper laundry because, well, if I didn’t we would be in kind of a dire situation. So really [...]
Your curly, forgiving hair that makes the shoddy haircuts I give it look good. Your computer hacking skillz. The way you play with our son. Your gentle kisses. Your strong leadership. How hard working you are. Your support of me when I do crazy things like go to New York for blogging conferences. That you [...]
I have a kid and am learning to be a mother, right? Well, turns out I also have a husband and am learning to be a wife (surprise!). I happen to fall into the school of thought that my marriage comes first in our family – that my husband is a higher priority to me [...]
