A Lack of Self-Respect
I struggle a lot with self-respect, with recognizing my worth and requesting that other people treat me accordingly. This has been a big issue in my marriage; I...
Author: noemikjames
Failure
This month has been expensive for us. I have that familiar feeling of dread about the coming VISA bill. I don’t even want to go look at how much it is. If...
Home Stretch
I can’t really wrap my head around the fact that I still have school this week. I don’t think we’ve ever gone until the 22nd in all my 13 year...
The Age of Miracles
Recently Mel mentioned The Age of Miracles when she was touting another book she loved. Well Dark Matter wasn’t available on Overdrive, but The Age of Mir...
Life Right Now
This post probably should include bullet points, but I don’t like how they are formatted so I’m just going to write a bunch of disjointed paragraphs...
Silver Linings
A few silver linings to some stressful situations at home: Now that my daughter comes into our room to sleep on the floor every night, I can write and/or medita...
Parental Involvement
I chose to become a teacher, in part, so I would have more flexibility in the afternoons to participate in my kids lives. I wanted to be available to meet with ...
Easy Kids
This post has been in my drafts for a while now. I never published it, because it felt too… negative. But I opened it the other day to give it a read and ...
Down
I’m feeling really down lately. I’m just getting so tired of the self-talk required to keep myself out of the downward spiral–it requires so m...
Lit up like a Christmas Tree
It’s getting late pretty early now; we’re less than three weeks away from the shortest day. You might think this would be a good time to limit bike ...