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Mama. Sweary. Lover. Friend. Advocate. Bad bitch.
I want to take a sec to remind my readers that there are three sides to this divorce story. My side. His side. And what really happened. (Which is likely somewhere in between the two.) This is my side of things. I don’t wish Wasband any ill will. I want him to be happy. And…
Trigger warning. This is part 2 of a 2 part piece on anger. This piece contains descriptions trauma and abuse that may be upsetting. You can read part 1 here. I kind of hate myself for always prioritizing others above myself. I put my exes future above my own. And I supported him through his undergrad and…
Trigger warning. This is part 1 of a 2 part piece on anger. This piece contains descriptions trauma and abuse that may be upsetting. You can read part 2 here (coming soon). When Kamala Harris said, “Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking,” I felt that. In that moment an old white, cowardly, and useless figurehead talked…
My best gal Lila is going to turn 9 on September 12th. Her birthdays always make me feel nostalgic. You see, six days after Lila was born she was diagnosed with full Trisomy-18. This makes me passionate about supporting terminally ill children and their families. For those of you who don’t know, Trisomy-18 is sometimes also…
My divorce was final last week, and it has me reflecting a bit on my marriage and also looking at what I really want my future to look like. When I was approaching 30, I thought I wanted to get married, buy a house, and have a little family. I checked all of those boxes,…
When I signed up for Tinder and jumped feet first into the dating pool last spring, I wasn’t really hoping for much more than a rebound fling or two. The wounds from ending my 14 year relationship with my husband were still smarting. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to have actual feelings for another…
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Have you ever had something really weird happen to you, that sort of sticks with you for the rest of your life? Like a moment that seems average, and in an instant, EVERYTHING gets tossed on its head. I’ve had a couple, but one stands WAY out from the rest. When I was 8 years…
For the past week or so, I’ve been inundated with calls and texts from well-meaning loved ones. All of them checking in to see how we are holding up under the stress of the current pandemic and all of the restrictions it has brought with it. The sentiment is sweet and all, but really our…
I am such a fucking cliche. Bored housewife flirts with ex-boyfriend to feel better about herself and bites off a whole hell of a lot more than she bargained for. What a fucking plot twist. I am a 38 year old married woman. Like almost everyone in America, I was raised in a typical dysfunctional…