I have a confession to make. And it’s a hard thing to admit. It started a while back. I was having trouble sleeping, and I spent a lot of nights on the couch, unable to coexist in the same bed as my boyfriend. I mean, pregnancy makes sleeping hard at the best of times, right? […]
Seducidence…
So here’s a subject I don’t see talked about much, but which I know I’m extremely interested in. It’s that thing that started OUR lives and which put us in the position to start OTHER lives… It’s SEX! Okay, so I DO see sex talked about all the time. But the particular thing I’m interested […]
Secrets
When reeds are dead and a straw to thatch the marshes, And feathered pampas-grass rides into the wind Like aged warriors westward, tragic, thinned Of half their tribe, and over the flattened rushes, Stripped of its secret, open, stark and bleak, Blackens afar the half-forgotten creek,— Then leans on me the weight of the year, […]
Bad News and Booty Calls
Have you ever noticed that once you hit a certain age, a midnight telephone call has an inherent meaning to it which isn’t the same as when you were younger? In high school, that midnight phone ring was probably my friend Lisa calling to fill me in on the details of her date… or even […]
It's Here!
Christmas that is! I’ve never been a fan, truthfully. One of the best reasons to have a baby is that I’m hoping I can give him the lifetime of happy Christmases that I never had as a child. It’s not really my parents’ faults. My brother Jacob was born in October and died at the […]