Teach Them Well And Let Them Lead The Way

Teach Them Well And Let Them Lead The Way

Parents, please I am ten million percent done with parents right now. Not all of us, specifically the ones who keep posting things about how their kids desperately want to get involved, but they (parents) won’t let them Y’all are lazy privileged...
What Would Have Been

What Would Have Been

“Must have been staring” It’s creeping closer to what would have been Giovanni’s due date. For a few weeks there, seeing pregnant women, hearing other pregnancy announcements, etc. stopped bothering me.  Since March 1st it’s been back. He...
Honest Thoughts About Anxiety

Honest Thoughts About Anxiety

It sucks. Some honest thoughts about anxiety… My struggle with this beast isn’t new. Not at all. It’s been with me for as long as I can remember. It’s a familiar frenemy… but it has changed since everything went sideways and we lost the...
Day Two

Day Two

Feeling Cheated Yes, I’m in a lot of pain. Yes, I’m heartbroken. Yes, yesterday was another day of tears at random intervals. Mostly, though, I’m feeling cheated. Not for me… for him. He deserves to be a father. He is kind, compassionate,...
Gio Is Gone

Gio Is Gone

We Lost The Baby I tried to think of a kinder, softer, gentler way to say that but there isn’t one. It isn’t kind, soft, gentle news. Things were fine and then they weren’t. Pao was on his way to work. I was getting ready to bake a sweet ass cake for...