Hormones from Hades
My doctor recently put me on hormones to help with my fertility issues. God help us all. I searched the side effects sheet but didn’t see any of the following: ...
A Rant on Writing
For this post, I’m going to go back to my old style of writing. And by “old style of writing”, I mean “ranting”. If you haven’t had the opportunity to ...
Family, Uncategorized, Writing
Little Shells, Little Masks
I said something today that I’ve said many times. And as always, as soon as the words left my mouth, waves of guilt washed over me. I told my son, ...
Santa Eats Roast Beef
After church this morning, my daughter and I decided to go to lunch solo, sans the male members of the family. It’s only day 3 of Christmas break, and my ...
This Storm
Storms come into all of our lives. Sometimes, like radar, we see them ominously approaching. Other times they can appear as quickly as the sudden summer shower that causes us ...
Dear Young Couple
Dear Young Couple, I don’t personally know you, but I spent 45 minutes observing you last week. Wait. I’m not some stalking psycho. Before you reach for a can of ...
Whoa! Susannah’s Moving Pictures
Hey guys and gals (Mostly gals. Guys tend not to put up with my nonsense for long). I’ve heard the cry from the masses. “Do more videos, Susannah. We really ...
Cheer Up or Dry Up: Hooked on a Feeling
We all know the song, “Hooked on a Feeling” that begins with a bunch of “ooga” noises and nonsense. Personally, I always preferred BJ Thomas’ version of the song, but ...
Crazy Stuff, Uncategorized, Writing
Summer of 99: Mama Said Knock You Out
On Friday, August 13, 1999, I was standing beside a swimming pool at a party that was equivalent to awesome parties that you’d see in those nineties flicks starring Jennifer Love Hewitt or Sarah ...
Cheer Up or Dry Up: Proverbs 17:22
If you’ve read anything I’ve written on this blog or Huffington Post, Hahas, Scary Mommy, etc, then you know that I adore sarcasm and telling it like it is. You also ...