I think the biggest thing that I left behind in my childhood was the idea that I could dance and perform on stage as a dancer…
Category Archives: Life
Git ‘Er Done
Git ‘er done. Tackle that to-do list. Finish the job. What about the jobs that never end? What about the work that keeps growing as you do it? And where on earth did we get this idea that we have to finish everything every day anyway? That’s the big question my brain is pondering this […]
Brain Surgery
I realized recently that I never posted much here about the biggest little thing in our lives this past year: Brian’s Little Friend, the asshole brain tumor. The acoustic neuroma that appeared out of nowhere, so big that every surgeon looking at his MRIs had to do double-takes and come back to us saying things […]
Need New Routines
Before we get started, I’d like to announce that anybody who says, “You need to get your kids to do more of that,” is automatically drafted to come live in my house for two weeks while I take a much-needed mental health vacation alone. You get my kids to do that, and then you can […]
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The Plan
God has a plan. Pick your god, they all seem to have a plan. Or at least that’s what people tell me. The message comes in many flavors. Some of them I have expressed a personal belief in myself. Right now, I am struggling with reconciling all these messages of planning, safety, and purpose with […]
Ideal Body Weight
I will open this by saying that I’ve been told I was overweight or obese my entire life. My whole life, all the way back to junior high. My mom had me in Weight Watchers and special exercise programs and therapy programs for fat kids as a teenager. I learned all the height and weight […]
Gonna Get My Groove Back
I am getting achy again as winter creeps in, and I am tired of feeling like everything takes forever around here, so I am going back to an old tactic I used as a kid that works much better with today’s tech: the timer! I’m going to race myself against the timer and see how […]
Meltdowns
I’ve been saving up blog posts for a bit, making note of things I want to say but not finding the time to write the posts. This one caught me at just the right time, though. This video recently came across my feed. It shows an adult woman having a meltdown, and her service dog […]
I Can’t See
I am autistic. To be more specific, I am a very high functioning autistic, which means that I don’t look autistic. I pass for neurotypical most of the time. The passing makes it hard to cope with, though. Sometimes I wish there were some visible symbol I could have so that people would know what […]