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My how you’ve grown.
The best part of being a mom while driving is stopping on all the songs that my daughter dances to in the backseat.
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Tagged daughters, moms, parenting, rewarding parenting moment
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I knew I loved you then.
I’m lying here next to my husband and it’s almost 2am. In the trick of the dim light, he looks like someone I only half recognize. Which is an interesting metaphor for everything else. My brain can’t wrap around the … Continue reading
Just wait and see.
I know I’m in “get ready for vacation” mode, and that’s probably all it is, but the joy of purging and cleaning and being productive toward the goals I’ve been working toward for months has turned to mist before my … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, family, goals, marriage, minimalism, recovery, relapse recovery
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I saw the world spin beneath you.
I thought it couldn’t get worse this morning. Or maybe I knew that it would and that’s why I was so terrified. I was even more scared when Chris told me about catching me talking to some guy on fb. … Continue reading
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Tagged alcoholism, I'm gonna puke, mental health, sobriety, standing in place
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Swallow the light from the sun.
It’s like the glass floor beneath my feet has spiderweb’d into a million stray lines that, at any moment, could splinter to their end and fall away completely. I haven’t written in forever. I post on twitter occasionally, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, insomnia, kids, mental health, mental illness
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