Today, at long last, I am finally getting to see Fun Home. I have been a fan of Alison Bechdel’s since I discovered her Dykes to Watch Out For series in 1988. When I first encountered her, she was an obscure lesbian cartoonist whose compilations were published by an obscure lesbian publishing house which went out of business …
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Love is Love
My brain is still agog with joy at this morning’s SCOTUS ruling that marriage is a fundamental right for all. I have never understood the opposition to marriage equality. It served no purpose, protected no one and simply served to make some families lesser-than. Today’s ruling corrected that injustice. And I can honestly say I …
Struggling with my thoughts
I have been working on this post for 4 days now. I keep getting about 300 words in and the deleting it all. My thoughts are all jumbled in my head and the words just don’t seem to want to cooperate. Every time I write a post I keep reminding myself that every one doesn’t …
Circular Thinking
Once again I have been delinquent in my blogging responsibilities. At least now I have a good excuse because the last few weeks have been crazy busy. Memorial Day weekend I was in Chicago hanging out with several friends, the following weekend we had a Baby and Toddler class and this past weekend was the …
Really?!?
I generally avoid wading into shark-infested waters, but sometimes things people say are so egregious that I just can’t ignore them. If you are not in the mood for a rant I encourage you to just skip this blog post. I am sure that once I get this out of my system, my posts will …
Nerxcited
My niecelette N coined a new word: nerxcited. It is a state of being both nervous and excited. I wanted to share it because it is the perfect descriptor of how I have been feeling ever since we started down the adoption road. I constantly feel like a kaleidoscope of butterflies have taken up residence in my stomach, living …
A Still Mind
Right now my mind is anything but still. I have unfinished projects (some with looming deadlines), a lot of research to do, friends coming into town, trips to prepare for and then there is the whole getting ready for a baby part of the show. I am a strong proponent of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird practice, …
Over the hump
Last week was fairly tough for me emotionally, but I seem to be over the worst of it. In fact, I even got out and walked yesterday and it seems very likely I will get out today as well. If for no other reason then I need my bike tomorrow and the tires need some air. …
Where do I fit in?
Last night I went to go see Listen to Your Mother at the Alberta Rose Theater. The audience was almost the exact reverse of what I see at tech events. The room was filled with women with a few token men scattered throughout the audience. I can’t remember the last time I was in a room …
Moody Blues
Lately I have been feeling really down and insecure. A friend (who is also an adoptive mom) is attributing my moodiness to hormones. And there is data to back her up. Apparently, it is not uncommon for adoptive parents (and yes, I do mean parents. The data shows that fathers-to-be also have hormonal changes during …