Helplessness Blues

Still checking off the to-do list. I’ve now moved past the relatively easy, thoughtless tasks — clean the pantry, install the new printer — into the nebulous deep end of my wishlist. The only things left are way out in the  “oh shit, I can’t swim out here” open ocean. I need a plan. I … Continue reading →

Wake Me Up When September Ends… oh, wait

Happy October! Remember all those things on my to-do list? That list I wrote in my head for eight years straight? Yeah, well. They’re still on there. How did this happen? The days I anticipated would be filled with empty silence and hours of freedom quickly turned into the same short, choppy, whirlwind days as … Continue reading →

How Soon Is Now

It begins. What started eight and a half years ago with the birth of my first child has wrapped up with the abrupt ring of a school bell. I have been home with one child or another for eight and a half years straight. The bell marks the first time both of my kids will … Continue reading →