Language is a funny thing, isn’t it? We assign meaning to these abstract shapes, then group them together to form words, sentences, dialogue…language. And this, for a great many of us, is how we communicate. Of course, we also have body language, breath, pace, inflection, tone – all sorts of things to prop up these …
IT’S SO HARD TO FOCUS. ON ANYTHING. LIKE, ANYTHING. For real, in the time it took me to write the title and first sentence of this blog, I’ve already checked email, Facebook (old person here), and meandered over the playlist pre-selected for me on YouTube. When I want to work, I have to place my …
Sometimes I find it hard to get the words out. I need a go-between, whether it’s cartoons or writing or (in years gone by) acting. It’s a way to hold up what I’m feeling to the world and see if anyone else has felt that way too, without, you know…speaking…like, in real life. I’m okay …
One thing I know for sure (to quote Oprah), is that toddlers love predictability. They want to know what’s happening, when it’s happening, and how it’s happening. Enter: reading the same book fifty-thousand times, bedtime routines, and the little person pulling on your shirt asking, “what you making, mama?” But, sometimes plans change. In a …
Okay, so everybody knows that when you have a newborn you don’t sleep. Get your sleep now, they joke with a twinkle in their twisted eyes, knowing that it’s an impossible request. You’re pregnant. You have a sore back, twitchy legs, and a stupid body pillow that smooshes into your face and falls flat under …
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