Category Archives: perfectly imperfect

Things I’m Afraid to Tell You (Part One)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by somethewiser

We all have parts of ourselves and our lives that we deem too messy, too dark, too boring, too sad, too embarrassing, too controversial to share.  When I saw Creature Comfort’s Things I’m Afraid to Tell You project I was … Continue reading →

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A Good Dose of Reality

Posted on April 25, 2012 by somethewiser

Sometimes I get these pictures in my head that look a little too much like something I saw on the internet.  And then I get crazy ideas that I can make our real life look like something I saw on … Continue reading →

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No Better Than the Rest

Posted on April 23, 2012 by somethewiser

Hello April – you’re turning into that month I forgot to blog.  But two things of note have happened recently: First, I died last week.  I was literally a corpse for seven whole days.  I got strep throat from the … Continue reading →

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My Birthday Almost Sucked, but now I’m 30

Posted on April 13, 2012 by somethewiser

I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on all the hard parts of being a single parent.  I love my kids and that makes up for most of what is missing.  But there are times when I really feel … Continue reading →

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Outside of My Comfort Zone

Posted on January 31, 2012 by somethewiser

I never take pictures of myself.  In fact, I hardly ever find myself in front of anyone’s camera.  It might take hired help and a large magnifying glass to find very many pictures of me taken in the last few … Continue reading →

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My New Year Resolutions, 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by somethewiser

I survived the holidays. I didn’t want it all to feel so perfunctory, but it did and as soon as it was over I breathed a big sigh of relief. The day after Christmas, I took down the tree and … Continue reading →

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Sometimes things just fall apart

Posted on December 22, 2011 by somethewiser

If you had asked me today how I am doing, I would have told you I am fine.  I am good.  Life is great.  I might have told you the good news about a wedding I booked for next month, or … Continue reading →

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If it’s broken: Fix It

Posted on August 22, 2011 by somethewiser

I hate the term “broken home.”  So you have a broken marriage, and you already feel like a failure of great proportions, but if you have kids you have to be able to carry this too: you broke your home.  … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day Manifesto

Posted on July 25, 2011 by somethewiser

It is raining outside tonight.  It has been hot and dry here all summer so the rain that has graced these desert skies the past few days has been glorious.  I  have been sitting here enjoying the cool air coming through the … Continue reading →

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The Things I Don’t Want Anyone To Know

Posted on July 22, 2011 by somethewiser

I don’t have dirty relationship details to dish out. The five years we were married weren’t terrible. There were difficult times, of course. We had a life together and there were parts that we made work, there were parts that … Continue reading →

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