love

Identifying the roots of dismay and discontent

August 28, 2009

I have been feeling a lack of happiness for awhile. The very noticing of this is of course an essential first-step towards contending with it. Another vital step is moving from blaming the lack of happiness on an external something or other and moving onward to explore what it is about me that is amiss. [...]

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Excuse me, may I sit at your lunch table?

August 4, 2009

I find myself in an odd state. And it’s probably my own damn fault, but I am just not sure how it came about. I have never been a real social creature. I don’t have an abhorrence of all things social; it’s just not a realm in which I have ever excelled. I am inclined [...]

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Meet the family

July 23, 2009

I bought a dress to wear to the family reunion! Finding the right dress is an accomplishment–something traditional that suits my non-traditional sensibilities. Something that will be attractive but not overtly sexy, something charming but not white-bread. In other words, something neutral yet unique. A challenge, eh? The Reunion is in September in Missouri and [...]

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Second Anniversary

July 7, 2009

It has been seven months since my marriage unraveled, and two years since the marriage itself. It’s been these past seven months that we have stitched our marriage back together. Not fine tailoring mind you, but not a complete hack job, either. I will admit though, that today’s marriage looks distinctly different than it did [...]

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Perfect Ending

May 29, 2009

I am going to bed tonight with glitter and confetti in my hair. It would be dumb to ask for anything more than that. Thank you, Just a few more shows. Then, that’s it. Go. Slop buckets of love.

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Circus Contraption. Good-bye my love.

May 18, 2009

I’ve loved this circus for effin ever. Please catch them before they fold up their tent. Show runs through June 14, 2009. Then, that’s it. Go buy tickets now.

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What’s missing? My husband, Perry Emge

December 13, 2008

Have you ever had a pet, say a cat or dog, and they died, and then for awhile, every time you turned around they were starkly absent? You know, all the familiarity, the things you shared. You’d sit on the couch and expect your friend to come lie beside you. Or, you’d habitually go into [...]

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So that’s what they mean

November 9, 2008

Last night I learned the meaning of “drowning in my own tears.”

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