Like most families, ours is a busy one. We dash to school. We dash from school to a short snack at home and we dash again to practice or meetings or visits or homework. It seems like everything we do is being timed for some kind of busyness Olympics; I’m […]
I was nervous, but I went anyway. I went without any makeup, in faded, old sweats, in runnings shoes, which I never wear unless I’m, you know, actually running. I had good, solid, viable reasons to excuse myself. I was tired. I didn’t feel like it. What if they didn’t […]
As part of my somewhat irregular attempt to garner a Mother of the Year award, which to date has been received with mixed reviews, I volunteered this weekend for my child. Her soccer club hosted a tournament, and those are a special kind of hell requiring thousands of man hours […]
There are the voices. Ian Morgan Cron: “from one artist to another.” Isaac Rentz: “I’m agnostic when it comes to art.” Anne Lamott: “The voices in your head are of the wounded, raging ego.” Bob Goff: “You aren’t as creative as him. You are as creative as you.” Phil Vischer: […]
I arrived a little early for Back to School night, so I drove around the block, looking at the small homes nestled in the wooded neighborhood of old Tulsa. My sports radio shows had long since gone off the air, so I listened as a woman shared a story as […]
I appreciate this perspective from Leanne Penny, as she and I are both non-native Okies. I wonder when we learn to stop trying to fit in? Say hi to Leanne and let her know your answers to her question in the comments. If you have a story to tell about […]
It started like this: “Today I’m thinking about community and isolation. I know which I prefer. Do you?” Less that 140 characters innocently clicked into the vast continuum of time and space that is the internet. Within minutes, I had received several replies, a few follow up questions and a […]
