I am so tired of being let down. ‘Trust us!’ I’m sqwacked at, ‘No man is an island,’ I’m sermonized.

Apropos of nothing I want this woman to be my friend.

I got a compliment from an internet stranger today and for the first time in the history of me getting compliments, I believed them.

My granFanda passed away around 9 pm central time tonight. Her last few weeks have been very difficult, we’ve all suffered with her. I wanted to thank everyone for their incredibly moving responses to the stories I’ve shared about her over the years. This is a strange platform, but I’m a strange person, so, here goes:…

So this has nothing to do with anything but my bff in the whole world married a guy last spring with 2 boys (she also has a boy from her 1st marriage). This dude played the trombone in school. Her kid plays the trombone in his school. The dude’s oldest son plays the trombone at his highschool. And as of 9pm Tonite the…

Hallo Internet Humans. I found my burner key (!!) and so was able to upgrade to a *new* shitty phone while keeping this burner account. Hooray?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/spo…

I remember being offered this piece of garbage text when I was in my mid-teens and still attempting to force myself to faith. It’s first few chapters elicited a defining moment: every single concept that my father taught me was in direct opposition to the ethos of ‘a good Christian girl.’

So my mother showed up at my door at 9pm last night, drunk and slurry and loud. She banged on the door and the side of the house for 5 minutes, then rang the doorbell repeatedly til I opened the latch with a newly awakened and screaming toddler on my hip.

A year ago this coming Saturday, I gave birth to my son. Labor was long, and terrible, and I ended up needing an epidural after 7 hours of back labor. But out he came, fuzzy and aware and 59 minutes into his due date. So, timely, too. He was beautiful and angry. So angry. My first picture of him is 2hours old and…