Time is a fickle fucker. Four years can simultaneously feel like a lifetime and a heartbeat ago. Four years ago, two children lived and ate and slept and fought and laughed under our roof as permanent teenage residents. Four years ago I attended multiple sporting events nightly, worried on Friday and Saturday nights about when … Continue reading College Graduation – The Blink of a Lifetime
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Find the Calm in the Chaos
Oh lovelies. We are all feeling some level of fear. Some level of anxiety. Some level of scarcity, uncertainty, helplessness. Yes? And we are seeing the affects of these negative emotions: selfishness, chaos, mass buying of toilet paper and hand sanitizer... There is a difference in preparedness and panic. There is a difference between indifference … Continue reading Find the Calm in the Chaos
Phone Calls From My College Student are More Than Just Phone Calls
On any given day the phone rings and based on the ringtone, I know it’s Girl, calling from college. When at all possible, I drop everything I'm doing and answer the phone with a happy, sing-song “Hellooooo!” After hellos and how are yous, the phone call flows with tiny inklings into each other’s day. To … Continue reading Phone Calls From My College Student are More Than Just Phone Calls