Personal Essays

Goodbye to This House

This isn't any old house. This is the house of my childhood. The only constant that I've ever known in my almost-31 years. I've lived in a handful of houses over the years and haven't missed a single one. Even getting there was an adventure. At that time, highway 77...

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On Grief, Anger, and Letting Go

When you feel you are wronged, how long is an appropriate time to grieve/stay angry? I have a tendency to stay angry long and hard, and hold grudges. (Hey, it's one of my less-attractive qualities.) But the silver lining, I believe, about that trait is that it...

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Thoughts on Two (And a little sh!t)

Oscar and I have almost made it through one month with two kidlets (Alex will officially be a month old on Friday). The weird thing is that two children is not necessarily harder all the time. It's harder at times, but not exponentially harder. I remember reading this...

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The Story of the Kid Who Couldn’t Wait

Two and a half weeks in after bringing Alex, aka the Kid Who Couldn't Wait, home. Monday night (March 10th) Oscar and I went to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. (Grayson stayed with my in-laws since we had to be at the hospital so early the next morning.) I wanted my...

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You Are Now Entering the Zona Rosa*

This weekend I attended a writing workshop with Rosemary called "What Geniuses Know."  I was really pumped because I haven't had a chance to go to any of the workshops before, and I didn't really know what to expect.  Since I am currently not working a...

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