So I have 2 very rambunctious boys. Sometimes things get broken at my house. A few days ago they broke the doorknob in my bathroom. The door would no longer lock or shut completely. The TO is not the most handy person in the world. Which is to say he hires out everything from painting to major renovations. His theory? He’d rather work overtime and pay someone to do the manual labor. Nonetheless, I begged and pleaded and may have…
Month: January 2020
When I arrived home from a hellish family vacation I had this eloquent message on my answering machine: “Hope y’all had a good trip. It’s been really rainy here. By the way, Michelle’s dead.” It was from my friend Susan. Michelle was a friend of ours from high school and college. We were all pretty good pals during our senior year. We did the usual small town activities – drank Boone’s farm, sneaked cigarettes in the girls’ bathroom, skipped school,…
When my hair started falling out I didn’t even notice. I was too busy. Too distracted. Too depressed. I was living with my soon-to-be-husband. We were engaged but not in your typical ‘We’re so in love; we can’t wait to get married’ way. We were more the ‘We don’t even really like each other right now but our parents are bugging the shit out of us about living in sin so we’ll pretend we’re getting married and shut everyone up’…