It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees. They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace, Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. Joni Mitchell Almost two years ago, on December 21, 2012, my younger sister and I were Christmas shopping. You can imagine, given …
marriage
Lessons Learned
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Jane Austen Bullshit. Me There have been a lot of lists floating around the interweb lately- 10 Things about this, 15 things about that... Here's my contribution to the mix: Five Things I Didn't Understand about Marriage until I got …
On Packing Up and Letting Go
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to realize this too, was a gift. Mary Oliver In July of 2012, I was packing up my house to put it on the market. I’d filed for divorce. My soon to be ex-husband had quit his job, and I’d been a stay at home mom for nearly …