Bad service is exhausting. I'm in the middle of an email exchange with a company that has yet to send me a gift I ordered for someone more than six weeks ago. The item is in some sort of retail purgatory; it's marked PAID but has yet to be marked SHIPPED. This business has cute, engaging ads on … [Read more...]
Fighting fear
For my first two years of college, I was an art major. I had always enjoyed drawing and doodling, so I thought it would be fun to pursue a career in the art sector. This plan was going well until I realized I needed to take a photography course that required me to use the on-campus darkroom in the … [Read more...]
Embracing ordinary
A few years ago I was skimming through the Sunday paper, looking through the Target circular to see their latest deals and steals. My oldest daughter, a preschooler at the time, was looking over my shoulder and happened to see an ad for a Disney movie that she wanted. Her: Momma, can I get … [Read more...]
Where are we headed?
My husband and I have something of a recurring conversation when we get the girls to sleep each night. As we respond to emails and text threads, go over schedules and appointments, and scroll through our phones, it feels like we keep coming back around to the same questions. "How can we slow down? … [Read more...]
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