It’s important to treasure the little moments. Plenty of bitter, petty, strife filled bits of life. If one doesn’t focus on the good, it’s all too easy to be swamped in the awful. Sure, it’s silly. But tonight, master, myself, and the oldest munchkin are on a grocery run. We’re out of milk (of course!). …
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Something unpleasant happened this morning when I went to wake the youngest up for school. I’m not going to go into details, not here. She didn’t want to get up. I pushed, little one pushed back…and she said some pretty hurtful things. The child brain in me wanted to respond in anger, but I didn’t. …
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I will always be a safe place for you. You don’t have to be “mine.” I don’t have to be “yours.” I will show you love and respect, regardless of your commitment to me. My home will always be a sanctuary. If nobody else will take you in, I will. I’ve had friends stay with …
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I show up, mid afternoon, with a bottle of strawberry margarita mix and a box of donuts. I don’t know all these girls. I don’t even know if they are all girls, aside from 1) the assumptions I’ve been conditioned with my whole life that says “This person ‘looks’ like a girl,” and 2) my …
one lazy afternoon with my girls, OR why we all need a ‘safe space’ Read More »
Dear Valentine’s Day, First off, I apologize on behalf of the humanity who will inevitably poop all over you. Jealousy that nobody bought them pink chocolates or ruffled cards? Can’t celebrate a holiday without involving massive amounts of panic and stress? Oh, it doesn’t matter. No, you aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Some prefer other holidays …
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“What is love,” someone asked me. “You mean being in love, or love itself?” “Both?” Well, let me ponder that. “Being ‘in love’ is an infatuation. At least, it appears so. It’s used by the same sort of people, in my experience, as those who use phrases like ‘protect the relationship’ or ‘I give 100% …
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