2020 / Uncategorized

The Question

I’m writing this now. Before I have birthday dinner after birthday dinner after birthday dinner. Before I hop on a plane and fly home. Before the tears start flowing and the answer becomes less clear. I’m writing this now. Typically when I write it comes from a place of questioning, reflecting, and then having lived through the experience enough to […]

2020 / Uncategorized

Stop Trying to Understand

I was up late the other night. As is the case most nights, because I find myself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram for hours on end. And on this particular night I had scrolled through just about everything I could scroll through. So, I transferred my attention to Facebook to mindlessly scroll through that. And when I signed onto Facebook I […]

2020 / Uncategorized

I’ve Come So Far

I cheated. But is it really even cheating? It’s my birthday tradition. I made up the rules. The letter is written to me after all! So maybe I didn’t cheat. But I did open my letter early. My special letter. The one that no one else is allowed to read. The ones that up until this very moment- these exact […]

2020 / Uncategorized

This One’s Not For Me

Friday’s are a little rough for my small humans. They love nap time, but they don’t always fall asleep right as nap time begins. This makes it extra difficult when they fall asleep at 1:30 PM, and I have to wake them up at 1:45 PM in order for them to go home at 2:00 PM. And this Friday was […]

2020 / Uncategorized

Catching On

*I missed this. There’s something beautiful about being able to hit backspace.* My sister is really good at math. It’s a good thing she’s in the accounting field, because she’s just good at it. That’s her knack. I’ve always referred to her as my human calculator. For as long as I can remember, that was just something that came naturally […]