You guys, time is weird. I miss a lot of major news stories. They happen overnight, and I’m sleeping. Or trying to. This morning in the midst of getting Isla ready for school, I’m scrolling through Facebook. I see the same story a few times, with different commentaries. I told you time is weird. A teacher has gone viral for carrying a wheelchair-using student on his back during a field trip. Oh, boy. We’ve got the inspiration porn out there…
A few years before I met my husband, I wrote A LIST. On it, I noted all of the things I was looking for in a partner, namely my forever partner. I folded up the three pages, put them at the back of my journal. Planned to offer the list to the Moon, and see what happened. Real talk, I ended up offering the list to my washing machine first, transferred from my journal to a sweater with pockets. The…
On a recent road trip with my family, I saw something that made me cry happy tears. It brought back an unhappy but somehow empowering memory. It kind of felt like a full circle moment. I was there with my husband and my child remembering the kid that I was, and making a wish for the kids of today. I shared the photo, the memory, and my wish on the internet. It wasn’t a blog post. I didn’t do keyword…
And so, I’m writing this week, actually in the zone. All of a sudden, Isla appears next to me, fanning me with a towel. ‘Thank you, I said. ‘But what are you doing?’ ‘Writers need fresh air,’ she said. She’s not wrong. Hi. It would seem I’ve taken a blogging break. For no good reason, by the way. I’m back. There was that week I put my back out, also for no good reason. I twisted myself, and for a…
We recently had a family road trip to Edinburgh, which involved Edinbrick; a pretty cool Lego model show, some time at the zoo, and lots of laughs. The laughs, Lego, and family time was much needed. Some other stuff was not. (The product links in this post are Amazon affiliate links, I make a small commission if you make a UK or US purchase through them. Read my disclosure here.) This post is not sponsored by LEGO or Edinbrick. We just…
