I just want to be perfect
Yesterday was my birthday. All my life, birthdays have been filled with anxiety and a little bit of disappointment. Partially because of my Clark Griswoldian
Category: Family
Six Degrees of Separation: A Sad Song
It’s such a small world in so many ways. My girlfriend’s sister lived on the same street as my aunt. Now her kids go to
My Brother’s Menagerie: In Which my Little Brother Flexes his Creative Muscles (and Something About Pets that aren’t Dogs or Cats)
My brother is a crafty, creative genius. Long before Etsy was a thing, my brother was hand-making jewelry, whipping up delicious creations in the kitchen
Londonberry Lane
My mom wrote this story 13 years ago. It was published in local newspapers and came quite close to being published in Chicken Soup for
I Fit Inside a Box and Other Weight Loss Related Updates
What would you do with a large, empty cardboard box?
Why My Best Friend is Cooler than Your Best Friend.
My best friend… …can open a frozen can of Pepsi. Even when the pop tab is missing. …sometimes talks to inanimate objects, making me laugh
I was born on Memorial Day
I wanted to tell you the story of my birth, but even my near idydic memory isn’t that good. So I enlisted the help of
I Made Pictures in My Mind to Remember You
Caution: This post may make you cry. But it may not. It made me cry writing it. So read at your own risk that you
Monday Memories: We Put the Loud in DysFUNctional
Today’s Monday Memories to Make You Laugh are all about the dysfunction in families. I could probably write for days about the various ways my
The Eleventh Commandment
Dear Chrissy’s Readers, This is Katie from Words for Worms. Chrissy isn’t here writing today. She and Brian have suffered a terrible blow. Brian’s mom,
Wonder Twin Powers Activate!
My brother and I are Irish twins. This means that our parents were super busy getting busy. And 10 months and 2 days after the
Shit I’m Really Glad My Mom DIDN’T Do
There are some things that I see and I think, Seriously? I look back on my own childhood and thank the world that I had
