Everyone loves the saying: Imagine what you could do if you could not fail. But I’ve always been on the fence about this quote. It never quite resonated with me. I didn’t really understand until very recently. On failure: In the words of Thomas Edison, “I just found 1000 ways that won’t work.” I think…
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Hard to Love
Tongue dipped in silver. Sharp like a bladed edge. I am hard to love. Sighs slicing blindly through air. Sharp like whispers down church pews as the “other woman” walks down the aisle. I am the other woman. My head held as high as my heels. Clack on the varnished floors. Varnishing my exterior to…
Goals & Gratitude
It’s easy to get overwhelmed and forget where to start. Or more importantly where you start-ED. I wake up every day with the intention to chase a goal, to chase a dream. And some days life gets in the way. Like today. Today I got pulled over and learned my registration for my car had…
Itsy Bitsy Ipsy, Oops She’s Sorry?
It’s no secret that my relationship with my mother has been a rocky one. I can spend YEARS describing the trials and tribulations, the roller coaster ride, the *any metaphor you can think of* that has been our everyday for almost 30 years now. And maybe one day, in my wildest dreams where I’m an…
Pre-Midnight Ramblings
Some days I still freak out. Some days I still feel bits and pieces of the me who I’ve long since outgrown. In those moments I breathe and reboot. I recall all I’ve done and gone through to become the person I am. I remember all the people I’ve met along the way who I’ve…
#MisaventureChronicles: Retail Today
Observing a mother and child on the toy section. Child is RIPPING apart our displays, opening boxes of toys. Throwing things on the floor. I passed them THREE times hoping the mother would say something to him for misbehaving. Child: Mommy I’m sweating! I’m really sweating! Mother: *continues to shop* Child: Mommy, mommy I’m really…
This Stop: (WR)e(CK)xpectation
In my last blog I spoke about meeting ourselves where we are in the present moment. Â To focus on our “right nows” and not “should bes”. Its funny however, when we realize just how difficult that actually is. Â People often refer to the phrase, “easier said then done” when speaking about taking action. Oh how…
29: An Ode to Socrates (or someone like him)
This is what 29 looks like. At least the grainy, Samsung Nook Tablet, just got off work with a book in my lap kind of version of it anyway. Â Just 2 days after my 29th birthday I’m sitting here on my couch in my newly moved into still unpacked apartment simply blown away that I…
Rants in 30: Just Do the Goddamn Dishes
I’m generally a ranting and raving person. Â I’m pretty sure I get it from my mother, who to this day still rants to herself. (She thinks because she does in more of a whisper than a shout that we don’t notice.) But I do it all the time. Â So I figured with a blog titled…
The Missadventure Chronicles 