She’s a big girl now
“I got my tongue pierced, lol.” Heretofore, it was just another really crappy day at work. I was in the worst kind of foul mood— the kind you can’t really blame on anyone else. I was overtired, hungry and horribly misunderstood by all of humanity. So when I received this little “ping” on my cell [...]
The end of an era and the beginning of a lifetime
This story begins about 4 years ago, when my husband’s oldest daughter, Madeline, brought her BFF, Darlene, to a Grizzlies’ game. He and I had just begun dating. For me, the baseball game was like being dipped in molten lava. You see, as the BFF of my then-boyfriend’s anti-dad’s-new-girlfriend daughter, it was Darlene’s duty to [...]
Learning to ride
Maybe it was the weather, or the smell in the air, or the fact that I’d consumed the exact right amount of caffeine, but I declared that fateful Saturday morning the day we were removing our 6-year-old’s training wheels. It would be the day she would learn to ride a bike.
Come on Eileen, get dancin’ with yourself
I refuse to lie to you: I was bringing it. One moment I was stock still, face glazed over in boredom as I stared at the seemingly-never-ending pile of laundry to be folded; the next moment, every fiber of my being, every ounce on my hips and every whacked out appendage on my person moved [...]
Take it outside
“Can he come over later?” our 17-year-old daughter asks, hopeful that six o’clock is not too late for her boyfriend to swing by. He is a nice boy, a dedicated son to a single mom, a good older brother to two younger sisters; overall, a very positive influence in my daughter’s life. “Sure,” I mutter [...]
