by Mir | Apr 8, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
So yesterday I woke up—after a night of half-awake pain and restlessness—with a stabbing pain just below my shoulder blade that only hurts when I move. Or breathe. So really, it’s no biggie at all, except of course that it is. Now, I’ve...
by Mir | Apr 6, 2010 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
So today has been completely awesome so far. I knew that first thing this morning Chickadee had a pediatrician appointment, and I’d carefully arranged my day so that it wouldn’t be a problem. In fact, right around dinner last night I was feeling pretty...
by Mir | Apr 5, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
If you ask me which holiday is my favorite, I will never answer Easter, and I really don’t know why. I mean, Easter has a lot to recommend it: There’s generally an abundance of pork fat and a low Family Obligation Quotient, plus the candy is plentiful. And...
by Mir | Apr 2, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
It’s Friday, and THANK GOD it’s Friday, because it means I can direct you elsewhere. And some Fridays I think, “This is kind of a cop-out, writing about what I ate this week or how much I hate my elliptical or how many closets I’ve cleaned,...
by Mir | Apr 1, 2010 | Friends, It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I have a young friend who’s going through a difficult time, right now. And so I counseled her—feeling impossibly old and insensitive and Terribly “Adult Who Doesn’t Get It”—to try finding one thing every day that makes her happy,...
