My house is a shithole
It’s interesting how the prospect of renting out my house is making me look at it through new eyes. Sometimes I notice a charming detail here or there, bu...
Category: Identity
Losing some of my (considerable) privilege
Privilege can manifest in many ways. Privilege is being able to afford childcare (sometimes literally every day!) Privilege is having family nearby, especially ...
Rite of Passage
Sunday afternoon I had the great honor of running along side my daughter, trying to keep her from falling off her bike as she shakily attempted to ride it for t...
Where’s My Aha Moment?
I now follow the blogs of many people who have shit all figured out. Or at the very least, they have their shit all figured out. They have found a system or min...
Joy and the PTA
I wrote my “why” post about the PTA, in response to the comment that it seemed like a really joyless venture. Then I realized that in almost 2,000 w...
Gray Hairs
{Remember how I used to respond to comments? Well I’m doing that again. I think/hope I responded to all the comments on the last two posts, and I plan to ...
Ecuador in one week
I leave for Ecuador a week from tomorrow. I’m in a mild state of panic about it. Mostly I’m just nervous about the unknown. I haven’t been out...
Straight Outta Good Housekeeping
This Sunday my son and I went to a “play date” at one of his friends’ houses from school. I put “play date” in quotation marks bec...
A Subtle Shift
I know I go on and on about minimalism here, about how I want to embrace it but I struggle… about how I don’t think I’m doing as well as I cou...
More Investing in Myself
Sometimes I feel like things in my life align just right to remind me what my priorities are. My cousin has lived and studied in Guatemala on and off for a whil...