by Mir | Feb 24, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I cannot tell a lie: When it came time, at the end of yesterday’s adventure in the woods, to go around the circle and share what we were grateful for, I said I was grateful that no one had licked any slugs. When one of the guides shot me kind of a funny look, I...
by Mir | Feb 23, 2012 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It seems like we were just out in the wilderness with Hippie School, doing important things like licking slugs, but today it’s time to go do it again. (I am hoping we’re exploring a slug-free zone, today.) The last time I wrote about going on one of these...
by Mir | Feb 21, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I’m still searching for that New Normal. Maybe I put it in the dryer and the universe mistook it for a sock? Stranger things have happened. In the meantime, we’re rediscovering some simple pleasures here at home. The beds are unmade and the sink is...
by Mir | Feb 20, 2012 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I believe the technical term for today is “post-show letdown.” The other technical term for today is “and now the shit hits the fan” or “every time an overworked parent takes some time to do something totally separate from her children...
by Mir | Feb 18, 2012 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Woohoo!
I’ve been to hours of rehearsals and have missed hours of rehearsals. I’ve driven to rehearsal and wiped tears off my cheeks the whole way there because it was my only time alone to vent the frustration and sadness I was feeling over my oldest being sick...
