Last year around this time, my friend, Darby, and I were half joking about creating a business called "Smash & Dash" in which people could come and expel frustration by breaking dishes in a safe place. I was reminded of this concept this week with all the unexpected frustrations that keep …
Mostly Happy Journey
How to sleep with an elbow in your ear
AKA: sleeping with you kid while home for the holidays. We have been home at mom's for 5 days and I have had to develop some strategies to deal with the teeth grinding, double leg covers kick off, the infamous "star" shape in the middle of the bed, and, as demonstrated above, the horizontal …
When Strong is the only choice you have..
Last night I met with an old friend whom I haven't seen in over 20 years. Even though we hadn't seen each other in so long, our lives seemed to parallel each others in the past few years. Divorce threw us for a whirlwind in which we needed to regain our footing. Her parents passed years ago and she …
The year we almost canceled Christmas
It's been exactly 4 years since Mina's dad moved out and we had just filed for divorce. Instead of getting the house filled up with holiday trimmings and and presents, it was slowly being emptied out bit by bit as Mina's dad slowly moved his stuff out of the house at night after Mina and I went to …
Finding Comfort in an Unmade Bed
It's official..I hit the wall of exhaustion from all the hustle and the bustle of the holiday. It came on rather quietly and I simply said "I'm Done." ...and then I went back to bed. I am done cooking. I am done running around trying to fit 10 errands at 10 stores in under an hour before school …