• From the Archives

    The Year of No Dating

    This is my new bumper sticker.  Isn’t it lovely?  I’m a big fan of it myself.   Today is my 33rd birthday.  I had plans to have a “me” day.  I was going to go see the new Ben Stiller movie by myself, maybe stop in for a Gigi’s Cupcake to celebrate.  I was looking forward to it all week.  But then today rolled around and, as usual, I opted to stay in my pj’s and watch a marathon of Scandal on Netflix.  I hung out with my dog, did some pilates, talked to my mom and my brother on the phone, and cooked a little bit.  These things made me…

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    New Year

    “What if the only resolution you made this year was to love yourself more?” I just realized that I only wrote six times in 2013.  The year before, it was 45.  Prior to that, 84.  What happened to my creativity?  I feel like I should write more so that I can remember the things that have made me laugh and maybe even the things that have left me scarred.  Overall, I think that 2013 was good to me.  It was a year of trying to adapt to changes and learning just how resilient I can be when I have no other choice.  I had to get used to my dad…