I have been in a post holiday funk for a couple of days. At least I think that’s what it is. The timing is right so that’s what I’m going to call it and I realize that I have no good reason but sometimes it just happens. Don’t get me wrong; I am so damn… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Claire
The Christmas Sock Part 2
Damn. The expectant sock hung there, visible proof that the mental pat on the back earlier that day was prematurely delivered. Santa is supposed to know whose socks are where. After all, Twinkle was home at her apartment so why shouldn’t her sock be there, too? Never mind that we hadn’t done it that way… Continue Reading
The Christmas Sock Part 1
I have long suspected that Rebecca still *believes* in Santa Claus and it was confirmed this year. I say suspected because I am too chicken to ask outright if she does or does not believe and I am not going to be the one to watch the look in her eyes if she is told pointblank that… Continue Reading
Solstice 2012
The world as we know it has not ended. I will not be staying up until midnight local time to be really sure and I will just have to trust that either I will wake up with the cat on my bed in the morning or……the cat and I will both be gone. I am good… Continue Reading
Seriously? A Bucket List?
A(nother) wake-up call The last few years have afforded the opportunity for much revelation. Stuff I never wanted revealed, mind you, but when presented with something rather like a large, cold, wet fish flopping about your feet and splashing water all over, it seems best to address the situation as it stands. Or flops.… Continue Reading
Hello world!
Rebecca is my special needs daughter. You wouldn’t know it to look at her, but spend a little time in conversation and you start to think “Hmmm……something’s not quite right here”. I’ve always thought that if she was much better or much worse things would be easier, clearer, less frustrating, more defined. After flailing about… Continue Reading
