Out On A Saturday Night (Role Reversal)
Watching a movie. At home. (2006) Talk about a role reversal. This past Saturday, all three of our teens went to the movies. Without us. The 16 year-old boy had asked if we could drop him off at the...
View ArticleHigh School Reunion (30 Years)
Me and my BFF. Graduation Day 1983. I liked her dress better. Yes, they’re different. Slightly. I’m going home this weekend for my high school reunion. I graduated 30 years ago. Thirty years is a long...
View ArticleAfter The Reunion (High School)
(Partial) Class of 1983 What to wear? Are my roots showing? Do I need to get my mustache waxed? These were some of the things that I was thinking about in the days before my 30 year high school...
View ArticleTalking To My Daughter (Without Words)
Not a great picture but she’s the one in the black skirt. I went to my daughter’s 8th grade awards ceremony this morning. I was really proud that she was getting an award for maintaining a 3.5 GPA for...
View ArticleI’m Not Fat But My Clothes Are Tight
My new dress on the young, slim model I’m fat. Okay, so I’m not fat but I’m heavier now, by almost ten pounds, than I was a year ago. And I liked my weight a year ago. Really liked it. But now my...
View ArticleMy Baby Starts High School (And I Screw Up)
I went the wrong way when I dropped my baby off at her new school this morning. I should have stayed in the right lane but at the last minute, I second guessed myself and veered in to the left lane....
View ArticleMy Husband’s 50th Birthday
Today is my husband’s 50th birthday. Fifty is kind of old. I mean, for a husband of mine to be. I’m only 47. His trophy wife. And in the grand scheme of things, we haven’t been together for that long....
View ArticleLetting Go of a Fear of Failure
View from the top of Masada, Summer 2013. I am not one to use affirmations. In times of sadness or confusion, I have not been helped by “Tomorrow is another day.” No “Let go, let God.” Or “I am worthy...
View ArticleMy Clothes Are Not As Tight (Fitness Update)
A more fit, and leaner, me. Yesterday morning, I ran 2.5 miles. Then, in the afternoon, I went to Pilates. This morning, I woke up and went to a kick-ass spin class. After class, as I was getting in...
View ArticleApology From a Middle-Aged Flasher
Would you run from this? I went for a run in my neighborhood yesterday. I follow the same circular route a few times a week. The route takes me close to our local elementary school, and since it’s...
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