The last "big" purchase I made on our joint credit card, before we went our separate ways, was a black, thigh-length, down-filled, winter coat. Although it was January, it was already on sale, and I bought it from fancy-schmancy Nordstrom for $150.
I needed a new...
One day last week I watched casually as my 5-year-old daughter held a thimble-sized sticker in her hand the shape of a triangle. Her eyes squinting and her mouth opened slightly, I could see she was immersed in concentration. She was trying to apply this...
She learned about Mother's Day at her preschool. Every year the teachers spend days making special projects for us Mommies. They splatter paint canvases on "Jackson Pollack Day" which they wrap in hand painted dish towels and tie with a bow. The kids fill out...
That road. The one that winds and dips and turns through the trees and comes to a weird, Y-shaped intersection. The one we used to drive down after school in our hand-me-down cars listening to The Cranberries with the windows down. I love that road.
And...
I'm adrift right now, and I know it. It's been almost three months since I filed for divorce and the loneliness has begun to wrap around me like a wet, dense fog.
During the day, I have no shortage of things to do. I have two...