First things first: POLE DANCING FOR JESUS.  This is a real thing.
I was recently having a conversation about animals and in the midst of that conversation, I decided that since I know so many amazing animal facts it totally makes sense that I venture out into the world of self-employment and create a tour company wherein people hire me to drag them through the zoo to teach them fun and interesting lies facts about the animals.  This is going to be great, I know it already.  So, in preparation, I’m …

Leah was one of the very first people to happen upon this little website outside of my family and friends.  She has always been my biggest fan, even more than Janie ever was and IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY WE ARE DIVORCED THEN THERE IS A GOOD ONE OF THE MANY REASONS (Janie would like me to tell you this is a terrible, terrible lie and IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY WE ARE DIVORCED THEN THERE IS A GOOD ONE OF MANY REASONS).  But I digress.
Leah always says …

A while back I started a blog on Tumblr, where mostly people put pictures and quotes and videos and reblog the shit out of one another, so I don’t really know how I have ever managed to find something new but there we have it.  The beauty of the Internet.  Some crazy asshole is always making something new and THANK GOD, because how else would I spend 9pm to 3am every day?  Anyhow, I deleted it when I went crazy after that divorce thing happened and then, shortly thereafter, resurrected …

When I landed in Seattle after coming home from vacation, I quite literally burst into tears and cried.  I could not control myself.  I could not calm myself down.  What I know now is that I was absolutely exhausted, not from travel, but from spending every minute of every day for months just trying to keep it together.  To get better.  To feel more like myself.
I was determined to power through it.  I come from a long line of people who eschew the assistance of others so that we may …

I didn’t intend to make this feature so regular but with going on vacation and coming back and having a breakdown that started when we landed in Seattle and I burst into tears on the plane and humiliated myself, I haven’t been able to do much of anything other than fall in love with Brooke Elliott from Drop Dead Diva and cry in the bathroom at Red Robin during our family Mother’s Day celebration.  I told Leah that my goal for the next six months is to have one family …