When I graduated college, I married my husband and we had children right away. I’ve been a mother half my life (and of course I’ll never stop being one) but now my kids are grown up, and they just don’t need me as much. I’m at the beginning of my “next phase” in life, and it’s a […]
Closer to Real
I know what makes her tick. I know how she is, and better yet, who she is. And I know all her secrets and what she did to keep them. How she locked them away in a box for years, and kept the key just beyond her own reach. We’ve always been close. Pushing her out the […]
Beautiful
I watch as Christina Aguilera belts out her signature song on TV. “YOU are BEAUTIFUUUUUUL…in every single WAAAAY!” She’s hitting all those remarkable notes, deep and throaty, delivering a performance for the ages. And she’s looking right at me. “No matter what they SAAAAY…!” Yes, Christina, yes, I nod. But what I quietly ask myself is, “am I really, Christina? Am I beautiful, no matter what “they” say?” I […]
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