As parents, it can be challenging raising a teenager. Teenagers are at the stage where they begin to question the beliefs and values they were raised with, while challenging authority and parental restrictions. Sometimes, teens are struggling with even more issues in their lives. A teen struggling with substance abuse, a mental health disorder, or […]
Lady Bird stole my Heart and rocked my World. (no spoilers)
If you haven’t heard of Lady Bird, you’re possibly working too hard, living under a rock or clueless. So…maybe you need to get a life. It’s a 2017 film up for five Oscars, all big ones, like Best Picture, Screenplay, Director, Actress and Supporting Actress. Yes, it’s that good. But just in case you have […]
How to not Hate your Teenager
Let’s be real: Teenagers can suck, big time. Sometimes it seems like their job is to negatively impact their parent’s mood. If they aren’t ignoring us, rolling their eyes at us, or sighing dramatically, they are pretty much cooped up in their rooms on a device of their liking. And yet, we have to live […]
I’m the Fattest one in Spin Class
I have been spinning for a few years now. I can’t say I took to it right away, since the seat jabbed into my crotch and it was really quite uncomfortable. In fact I may have thought, “Why would anyone want to do this?” But after a few sessions, I was hooked. By hooked, I […]
The crappy truth about anti-depressant withdrawal
Here it is: lately I suck. I feel angry and cranky, and moody. I’m coming off a very low dose of an anti-depressant. I’m not sure when I stopped needing this anti-depressant; I’ve been on it for years and was prescribed it for irritability. I do know that I have a part that is screaming at […]