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For the longest time growing up, I hated Memorial Day weekend. It’s not that it was bad, per se–it was always the beginning feeling of summer in Boston at that time. My brother would be forced to mow the lawn, I would help plant the garden. Auntie Gail and I would start getting the pool [...]
I guess I’m getting pretty good at faking stuff in life. I don’t mean lying–more a space of denial. So I’ve got this manuscript draft and I’m faking that it’s ready for people to read–at least I’m not delusional, and I know it’s got a lot of work ahead of it, but still, I’m pretending [...]
In Finding Nemo, when Darla (the “fish killer”) comes into the dentist’s office and begins banging on the glass of the fish tank, Peach says, “Find a happy place, findahappyplace, FINDAHAPPYPLACE!” I’ve been trying to figure out how to find my happy place again. I’ve written about this before (see posts), but find it increasingly, [...]
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, and I’m happy to say I had a great Mother’s Day massage from my friend Stephanie at Aqua. It was a great way to start recovering from the stomach bug/food poisoning/no-gallbladder-reaction-to-chicken-fingers I had on Thursday. I got to sleep in today, and look forward to breakfast in bed tomorrow.
I think about [...]
A while back, when I was trying to get pregnant, I was having issues with ovarian cysts. Totally normal, but still, a pain when you’re wanting normal cycles to plan on making a baby. The OB told me the first step to dealing with this was “watchful waiting”–meaning just wait, until it bursts in a [...]
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