Life In Pleasantville
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I have a freaking lilac tree. This news came as quite a surprise to me today, as I was sitting in my backyard doing a deep dive on my feelings. I’ve become a real free diver in this lately, letting feelings, like actual feelings wash over me. Head down, writing down attempt #99 of defining …
The first thing you need to do is call your friends and make them pick a side, right here and right now. Hahahaha. I’m kidding. You’ll know in your heart of hearts which friends you’re getting in the divorce and those are the ones you reach out to.
Zsa Zsa Gabor once famously quipped, “You never really know a man until you have divorced him.” She wasn’t wrong, but I’ll go a step further and add that you never really know yourself until you get a divorce. Let’s face it, if you knew yourself well enough in the first place you’d probably still …
People are awesome. In a world where most headlines, tweets and social media shares would have us believe otherwise, it’s important to remind ourselves of that. Sometimes, it means we have to shift our gaze from our screens and out into the real world to find the people who are making a difference. Kal Tire …
As mid-life awakenings go (I refuse to call it a crisis), mine has been pretty tame. Quite ho-hum actually. I left my husband with a bang one day last June and never looked back, travelled to Europe with my daughters in July, moved back in with my parents in August, moved into a new home …
**This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of EQ Bank. However, as always, all opinions are my own. I am at the stage of parenting, where I can actually see the finish line; a shimmering mirage in the distance. I’m a little out of breath, limping a little, but the promise of …
With age comes wisdom, and a few regrets I’ve come to find out. Barely a day goes by after catching a glimpse of my crow’s feet in a reflection, that I don’t hear my mother say, “You’re going to regret that tan someday!”. Ugh, why are mothers always right? There’s no doubt that my sun-worshipping …
The United States has a crisis on its hands. And blood. So much blood. Common sense gun control laws are needed desperately, but instead the US Constitution is being used to harm the most vulnerable of its citizens. It has been crumpled and twisted and tied like a blindfold over the eyes of those who’d …
