The curse is found far, wide, and deep in the world, in me, in every cell.
The curse is found far, wide, and deep in the world, in me, in every cell.
I pictured a warm, strong, impenetrable blanket or atmosphere of loving approval all around me.
This truth, that denial has no curative power, was all I needed to trust the wisdom of centuries of believers and observe the season of Advent.
That was the year I finally admitted that I do not love Christmas time.
I was thrilled (particularly that Rib had approved the expenditure), and then proceeded to feel for the next three hours that I may vomit.
I'm a middle-aged woman with an embarrassment of riches.
In a way, though, I feel like a real life Clara. I fell in love, braved the obstacles, and enjoyed every fleeting moment of the dream before it evaporated around me.
It’s the safest scary prayer you can pray.
this, as rhymey and juvenile as it may be, happens to encapsulate the core pieces of my learning for the last 17 year
“That ain’t no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can’t be undid, Homeskillet.” It’s the same for me. Dancing can't be undid.
They know that even little girls turn into women, but I’m not sure parents can ever fully accept the otherness they become when romance sweeps them away.