**Content Note: sexual assault (non-specific)** ** ** ** I woke up shaky this morning after a rare nightmare. I know the scenario wasn’t real, but the visceral alarm I felt in my mind and body was based on real things…
Read more**Content Note: sexual assault (non-specific)** ** ** ** This past week I did a BIG SCARY THING that I’ve been anticipating and dreading and worrying about for years…YEARS. After all this time imagining the “what ifs” and fearing both known and…
Read more**Content Note: sexual harassment (specific)** ** ** ** When I say #MeToo I’m talking about that guy who wouldn’t stop liking you, even though you didn’t like him back. The one who kept asking you out, even though you kept…
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**Content Note: sexual harassment (specific)** ** ** ** Today I opened Facebook and encountered many #MeToo posts. Some told specific stories and my stomach clenched at the sickening familiarity. Others posted just the hashtag and my eyes welled with tears…
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Messy Me Makeover Day 7 (I took the weekend off for a wedding and family time and personal rest, so day 7 is now being posted on Oct. 9.) Last night I put my hand through the glass of my…
Read moreMessy Me Makeover Day 6 We have this sign hanging in our kitchen, and it has become our family motto and mantra. My husband and I say it to each other often. Sometimes with a sigh. Sometimes with a wry…
Read moreMessy Me Makeover Day 5 I love watching the deleted scenes of movies in the “Bonus Features” section on DVDs. Occasionally I watch certain ones and think it’s probably better that some of those slower or random sections were left…
Read moreMessy Me Makeover Day 4 First, let’s be real – it’s a lot more fun to WRITE about [not] doing dishes than it is to actually DO the dishes. And full disclosure, I don’t even take care of most of…
Read moreMessy Me Makeover Day 3 Yesterday I shared a story about my mom doing dishes, and today I give you a story about dishes and my dad. And yes, I’ll get around to doing dishes myself soon. But for now,…
Read moreMessy Me Makeover Day 2 We didn’t have an automatic dishwasher when I was a child, so it was basically automatic that Mom did them – by hand – for our family of six. Not that this is fair or…
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