The amazing-ness of our mothers (and a giveaway)
Now that I’ve been a mother for awhile, I’m just starting to appreciate how amazing my mother was. Here are some of the amazing things she did: Made tiny homemade clothes for my Barbie Let me climb in bed with her when I had a nightmare Came to all of my basketball games (even when [...]
You don’t have to be Wonder Woman…
I have a long history with Wonder Woman, mostly involving comic books and a campy ’70s TV show starring beauty queen Lynda Carter. Besides being tireless and powerful, somehow Wonder Woman’s lipstick was always a shiny perfect red and her meticulously styled hair was always in place. And on top of fearlessly vanquishing evil week [...]
How to Embrace Meekness
Had to share this amazing poem by Mary Karr (thanks to Cathleen Falsani, who posted this under “Meekness is Strength”). WHO THE MEEK ARE NOT Not the bristle-bearded Igors bent under burlap sacks, not peasants knee-deep in the rice paddy muck, nor the serfs whose quarter-moon sickles make the wheat fall in waves they don’t [...]
Get Offa’ That Couch
Have you ever felt stuck in your life? Me, too. I loved my comfy couch, and my safe life, for a long time. But at some point it became like a trap, like a safe warm cocoon that I couldn’t break out of. Do you remember when you were a kid and you longed for [...]
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