by Mir | Aug 23, 2012 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It’s been just over a month since I finally dared to say it out loud, that we believed Chickadee was getting better, that our long nightmare of a year might—finally!—be headed somewhere more hopeful. Meds were changed, improvements took hold, and I...
by Mir | Aug 21, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!
It’s Tuesday, so that means I’m over at Feel More Better, but today I couldn’t muster up something funny. In the wake of yesterday’s comments by Rep. Akin and the resulting discussions of what rape is and isn’t and what it can and...
by Mir | Aug 20, 2012 | Ottomatic For the People, What do I do all day?
This weekend Licorice and I had our birthdays. That’s how I knew she was meant to be my dog, you know—the rescue had assigned her a birthdate, I guess, and it’s the day after mine. She is now maybe-six (really, they’re just guessing on her age)...
by Mir | Aug 16, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
I was thinking this morning—after I managed to stick my foot deep into my own mouth in front of a bunch of people, YAY!—about various cliches. Like, there should be something to describe the feeling of entering the third month of your kid’s...
by Mir | Aug 14, 2012 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
So, I have a confession to make: Today’s post of mine over at Feel More Better, about how today’s teens text more than they talk, is a little more grumpy than it seems on the surface. Yes, I’m wondering about the parallels between what they do now,...
