Proudly serving unpolished working motherhood, with bipolar depression & hilarity on the side
Perfectionists don’t need coping skills because making everything absolutely spotless is our mission in life. If we just focus all our energy on that, what could possibly go wrong? Right. I believe you’ve all met 2020. No wonder we’re all nervous getting to know 2021, making its intro, like New Years always do, in the […]
My daughter and I made an advent wreath, decked out with branches and pine cones. Our wreath looks pretty and peaceful and apparently delicious, because our cat is now eating it and throwing up pine needles all over the house. Which means our hand-crafted best is now increasingly found in half-masticated clumps of kitty kibble. […]
I never had much in the way of boobs. One of my favorite tricks is still to wear a double-layered camisole and pass it off as a bra. If I’ve got to go business casual, it’s A cup all the way. Because as my then four year old niece once exclaimed, after brazenly looking down […]
When my brother was little and not jazzed about eating dinner, he’d say, “I didn’t order this.” My mother, being an overaccommodater, would sweep in and replace the offending item. You have probably noticed that life by and large does not work like this. If the role of my mother were being played by life, […]
A VHS recording of my husband on The Price is Right. A 12-year-old unopened jar of apple butter. Pictures, pictures, pictures of me as a smiling 6 year old, a smirking 13 year old and with my arms wrapped around my friends in high school. They were all there waiting for me, in the storage […]
I am not a trust-no-one, assume-all-risk-yourself DIY’er. I believe in the social safety net. I have lobbied to expand the social safety net. Never once did I think I would be the one to need the social safety net. That was before I got hog-tied by the pink slip goat rodeo and there I was, […]
“You’re part of the core team,” the boss declared that day over sushi rolls. “You, me, Jack and Joe. If everything takes a downturn, we’re the people that stay.” Seeing my startled face, he added, “I don’t see anything coming right now. But in my position, you have to think like that.” Cue to six […]