This week I found myself faced with the question, “what is your favorite holiday memory?” A normal ice breaker type question, right? I began to sweat as the question seemed to inch its way towards me as it flashed around the circle closing in on my turn to answer. Most people in the circle responded … More The Christmas Poop Came Out of the Shower
Last year I posted this blog right after the Thanksgiving holiday. Not because I had had some horrible experience, but because it was an issue that over the years I and many others often face around this time of the year. Tonight, I post this blog again, not to be sassy or facetious, but instead … More How to Talk to Single People, A Guide for the Holidays
This last Friday I attended The Gathering with some of my favorite people. The Gathering experience will seem very unusual when I attempt to describe it, bear with me. But here goes my try at explaining it to you. The Gathering happens each year around Thanksgiving. It’s an evening of swapping hosting ideas, a mecca … More How to Actually Host a Gathering
This weekend my family gathered in one place with a few friends to celebrate my mother’s sixtieth birthday, or what she says is her “30+30 birthday.” Do not hate me, but I myself am not a huge birthday person. I personally do not make a big to do about my own birthday. I don’t know … More Continuing a Legacy
Every month or so I try to make time for a grand adventure. This month one perk of teaching meant I got a fall break. Three days off amidst a very busy season of training and workshops, parent teacher conferences, and report cards was a welcome reprieve. Going into this school year I knew it … More Fall Break
Over Labor Day weekend I took a much needed trip to Richfield, Minnesota. Embarking on this journey has grown to a pilgrimage of sorts for my friends and I. For literal years we heard our friend Kris laud about the grandiose nature of the Minnesota State Fair. He told about the many delicious food options, … More Minnesota
At times I lose perspective on exactly what sort of a life I live. My life looks very different from what I thought it should look like at this point. But this past Saturday I gained a little perspective. This Saturday my roommate and I watched the iconic It’s a Wonderful Life. Not my first … More It’s a Wonderful Life
As I mentioned before, the holiday season can cause even the strongest single person, or person in general, to feel alone and sad. In a time meant for celebration and joy, you may just want to fake it to make it. I will not lie, I believe a time and a place exists to … More Three Ways to Survive the Holidays Single
With holiday season in full swing, each of us now faces the opportunity to spend time with people we do not see often. Whether old friends at a holiday soirée or family at a gathering, in all honesty – it can get awkward. To ease just a bit of the uncomfortableness the joyous season possess, … More How to Talk to Single People, a Guide for the Holidays
Fall break for a teacher equals capacity met and reprieve necessary for survival. With parent teacher conferences completed, I got on an airplane with three friends and headed to Boise, Idaho. In Idaho, all twelve of my scattered friends would gather for four days, four full days. My anticipation level skyrocketed through the roof. I … More Flying into the Dark
