I am reading right now about Heinrich Hemmler, Hitler’s right-hand guy. (See the book at left.) Anywho, as it turns out Hugo Boss was the official men clothier for Hitler’s S.S. (Security Squad). Hitler wanted his S.S. to be dapper…
Archives for May 2007
Ban Bananas
I don’t think bananas are very good. #1. They get too mushy too quickly. I buy them green in the store, and I swear – three days later they’re overly ripe.#2. That skin-rind stuff on the inside of the banana…
If you don’t already, read Dooce
http://dooce.com/ If you ask me, it’s the “OB.”(Original Blog. Not tampon.)
I don’t want to hear you.
There are some individuals with very loud voices that need to know that we don’t want to hear their cell phone conversations. Sprint has “cell phone etiquette” on their website. Let’s take a peek, shall we? It’s worth reading. My…
C., I bet you can relate to this…
Where did May go?
I mean really, where did May go? Last I remember, it was February. I guess then the question should be, where did March, April AND May go? Hmm… Anyone else feel like time flies a little bit faster as we…
If this were only true…
Have another
A British University is reporting that drinking Coke, Fanta, Spite, etc. might “switch off” (huh?) some parts of your DNA…not to mention increase your odds for Parkinson’s and Cirrhosis. It all has to do with sodium benzoate. You’ll want to…
Captain Jack is cool.
*No worries, this shouldn’t give anything away that many of you don’t already know about the movie. My review: The 1st pirates was the best of the three. This movie is very long. And, I’m not sure I followed any…
Best Cartoon on TV.
I cannot stop watching Charlie and Lola. It’s a cartoon from the U.K. that is about an older-brother Charlie and little-quirky-sister, Lola. I laugh and laugh. Chloe, of course, instroduced the show to me. I’m not really one for cartoons,…
Book Review: Something Borrowed
Author: Emily Griffin This book is somewhat useless. Definitely a beach read. Here’s a short synopsis: Girl A is best friends with Girl B.Girl A is successful (lawyer) considers herself a frump and therefore is, and has been since 3rd…
Hannah Update
Here’s Hannah, my best best friend’s baby girl. She’s 10 mos. old. 😉 And cute as a button. LOOK at those eyes.I love the picture below of the two of them. LOVE it.
![When I was a kid, my Mom would sometimes go to the grocery store at night while my baby sister and I were "supposed" to be sleeping. Baby sister slept, I stood by the window and watched for her headlights to turn back into the driveway, my stomach a gnarled mess while I waited.
The entire time she was gone I would create ill-fated stories in my mind that would ultimately leave her injured, kidnapped, or left for dead... I think these stories got worse after my Dad died. "What if I lose my one parent?"
I would stand there and worry.
And she always came back.
In one piece.
Over time, after therapy when I was younger, I realized that worrying doesn't shape anything... worrying doesn't CHANGE the outcome... but, it's real.
Telling someone not to worry is about as effective as telling someone not to cry when they're in the midst of full-sobbing or it's like asking someone WHERE they lost the thing that they lost.
"I can't find my keys."
"Where did you lose them."
[silence]
"Um, if I knew where I lost them, then..."
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This time that we're living through right now is BIG and heavy and for the love of ALL THINGS HOLY it keeps on going.
I remember watching The Sound of Music when I was a kid and wondering when in the WORLD it would end. We're STUCK in the Sound of Music.
Schools opened, then closed.
Masks on, then off.
Life started, and stopped.
We've missed get-togethers and holdiays.
Weddings and births.
We are as disconnected as ever.
Our worrying and concern and fear and anxiety is there... and it's real.
I see you.
I know this time is hard.
I'm not going to tell you to stop feeling the feelings, I just want you to know that I'm feeling them, too. (And therapy is helping.)
Get yourself a therapist.
Talk about all of this.
As I told one of my girls this week, “It’s ok not to be strong all the time.”
With love,
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