My week is about to get interesting. Nick's parents are currently en route to Arkansas to stay with us for a few days. We have several home-improvement projects planned, which is always the case. (By we I mean Nick and his dad. The girls, well, we tend to concentrate on shopping and movie watching and… Continue reading The in-laws are coming! The in-laws are coming!
Enough
“Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? Well, think about it. Maybe you’re playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden The streamers are coming down, the balloons have all been popped. And I'm nursing a sugar… Continue reading Enough
Wordless: Potential
The world seems a little more hopeful when these are the first things you see when you step outside. Small gestures, sure, but it it is an indicator of what a majestic and captivating place earth truly is.
Try a little tenderness
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me” We've all at one time or another been too hard on ourselves and need a little Stuart Smalley-style affirmation. I never live up to the romanticized version of myself in which I am a size 10, never forget birthdays, live an MS-free life,… Continue reading Try a little tenderness
Dear Me
If I could tell the young me anything, it would be to stay strong. And to stay away from certain boys, of course. And to not get that really short bob, although it did come in handy when playing The Artful Dodger in Oliver. But still. Not that young me would have listened to any of… Continue reading Dear Me
Sun and milk
The clouds have broken, and blades of sunlight pierce through. With spring comes daffodils sprouting with unbridled optimism, renewed hope everywhere, thunderstorms galore, and aggressive allergies. I'll take it. And to make up for my moribundity, a silly photo.
Dark days
“To say a person is a happy person or an unhappy person is ridiculous. We are a thousand different kinds of people every hour.” — Anthony Doerr, Memory Wall: Stories On the darkest days, I think of how I would end it all. In blue skies I only see an expanse of gray, brooding clouds… Continue reading Dark days
Wordless Wednesday: Crunk it up!
My brother and I used to fight like cats and dogs. Now, we share the same oddball sense of humor and occasionally fight like cats and dogs. What did Tolstoy say at the beginning of Anna Karenina? Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Only he knows our particular dysfunction.… Continue reading Wordless Wednesday: Crunk it up!
MS =
National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness week is coming up. Fittingly enough, it will be right about the time of my 6-month diagnosis anniversary. As part of its get-out-the-word campaign, the National MS Society has come up with MS = _____ And we fill in the blank. Because MS is insidious, life-altering, unpredictable, infuriating, thieving, and did… Continue reading MS =
We’re walking, yes indeed
It's official. Team Word Herders is now registered for the MS Walk in Little Rock on April 9. Three cheers for that! (And a big thanks to Kristin for the suggestion. She's so rad.) While I'm not entirely comfortable with asking people other than my dad for money, I'm going to try anyways. Because when… Continue reading We’re walking, yes indeed
One, Wild & Precious 