I remember reading an interview with this playwright I admired, years ago, when he was asked for any advice he had for young writers her said ‘step one: marry my wife.’ And I think about …
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why to marry my husband
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Three cakes
50 years ago today, my in-laws got married, they were all of 19/20, and all my dear Mother in law Cam wanted was a gorgeous wedding cake, chocolate with Vanilla icing. But for some reason, …
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can you tell
me, after watching Morrison eat a giant chicken parmesan sub, while I eat carrots: Me: I’ve gained a few pounds back, can you tell? Morrison:….I think you look great Me: so you can tell? Morrison: …
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your hope
To anyone who’s feeling self conscious today about the hope you felt leading up to yesterday: Don’t. You’re not dumb, you’re brave. Hope is a choice, and it’s an act of courage. Believing that things …
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family calendar
I want to pass along to my children all of my good qualities, like maniacally finding something special about each and each month of life so that each day is thrilling even if for some …
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Land turtles
At oak island, NC for the week, where my mom’s side of the family has been doing a reunion for 34 years straight now. This my my first time in TEN YEARS, and first time …
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cake: guilt
The important thing to note here is that MY BABY GIRL IS ONE, WHAT, what even is the passage of time, where did the days go, I guess we have just been living them? And …
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she’s 41, and her Daddy still calls her sweetie
This lyric in Tanya Tucker’s Delta Dawn has always really resonated with me, she’s 41 and her Daddy still calls her baby, maybe because my own Dad (never Daddy, okay?) still calls me sweetie, still …
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He knows when you need Socks
Philosophical question, If you don’t have socks with your kids faces on them ARE YOU EVEN A DAD AT ALL? Santa* brought these for Mo and I must say he* KNOWS, INDEED
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Santa
Morrison worries that we’ve wrapped presents that we say are from Santa in the same paper that we use to wrap presents that we say are from us, because Joe might be onto us, but …