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In 2009 I met a man named Chris under a dirty freeway overpass in Chicago. I had just finished a test drive around the city in a brand new bright yellow Chevy Camaro. “How’d you like it?” he asked “My husband! The jealously he will experience when he finds out I drove his dream car!Continue reading “connie, cars and loyalty.”

There are three groups of people I know of when it comes to the Super Bowl. Die hard football fans. (Cody) Those who like to watch the commercials. (Me) Those who could care less and hey! Who ate the last of the chips and dip? (Addie) To say I have been deeply entrenched in SuperContinue reading “super bowl, super scent, super contest (sponsored)”

I don’t sing unless it’s in front of a room full of very drunk people at a karaoke bar, a room full of children that I’ve birthed, or for my city and no one else is around to sing for me. I love it here. Here’s to hoping this is the best Super Bowl ever.Continue reading “the one where I sing for my city.”

(For those of you who are not from Indy, could care less about social media and/or the Super Bowl, please bear with me, I plan to get very philosophical towards the end.) Through a very convoluted process, 46 people in Indiana were invited to be a part of a group to help promote the SuperContinue reading “I got a 32 on my ACT but that’s not the point.”

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. ~ Barbara Kingsolver I looked out at the class I taught in church today, a room filled with about 20 women of different ages andContinue reading “story pictures. story words.”

I had a conference call with my beloved Hallmark today, and as we talked of special occasions and making the mundane magical, I sat with a nit comb in hand picking through every golden curl on Addie’s head. Lice and life sound a lot like each other, and right now? Lice are my life. SorryContinue reading “disney on lice *or* lice is a special occasion.”

Today the Internet is supposed to blackout to protest! boycott! STICK IT TO THE MAN! in regards to SOPA. But I can’t blackout today, too many of you are hurting (and truth be told if I blacked out the chances of you ever seeing me again would be super slim, technological I am not.) Divorce,Continue reading “a lot of you are hurting.”

I’ve noticed many people quitting lately. I’ve come across boxes of business cards from conferences that happened years ago and realized many of these people aren’t around anymore. Well, I’m sure the people are around, but their online persona has disappeared. Dozens of more people show up everyday and it makes me even more desperateContinue reading “to the new one, the lurker, the regular and the old timer”

I have convinced myself that Addie’s inability to color outside the lines will somehow serve her well later in life. On Saturday I colored Strawberry Shortcake blue with orange hair and I could see her tiny frame vibrating with forced acceptance of my creativity. Vivi on the other hand sees a pile of neatly stackedContinue reading “tiny giants doing gymnastics.”

I cannot, for the life of me, put this baby down when she falls asleep in my arms. I sleep with her in the same chair I begged for Addie to snuggle with me in. I waited way too long to hold a sleeping baby to go dropping her off in her crib as soonContinue reading “happy merry everything.”