I often tell myself that if I had little to no ambition, I’d live a pretty pleasant life. I’d clean and read and complete my errands with a smile. Maybe I’d garden a little, or bake. I wouldn’t have this haunting dream of mine hanging over me like a cloud. This spring, I made—what was [...]
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It’s almost spring. The birds are chirping at four a.m., happy to wake people even earlier than the ungodly hour of six o’clock, when toddlers rise. And what is SuperWoman doing? She’s Getting Her House in Order. She’s reading The Happiness Project, sort of, and initiating some projects of her own. (To be fair to SuperWoman, [...]
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If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I have a toddler son and a baby girl. Lately, I’m realizing just how much baggage I’m bringing to raising a girl. Even when I was pregnant, no, even before I was pregnant, I told myself that girls were hard work. Girls are complicated. I should [...]
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When I was a young girl, my mother told me that I needed an “attitude adjustment.” This meant that I was pouting and needed to smile more. 30 years later, I’m still a pouty girl. And nothing made me want to smile less than someone telling me to. I never thought I’d be a stay-at-home [...]
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