At Least They're Committed

Dez, you and your mom are on your way to live at the ranch for about four months. I’ll get to see you a couple times a month, and on the weekends I don’t get to see you I’ll work hard at getting the house fixed up. We spoiled you rotten Saturday and yesterday. You… Read more

Allison has encouraged me to create an emotional armor: a shield to protect myself when needy people come at me with selfish requests; when people with great big gaps in their lives look to me to fill in the missing pieces. I’m working on the armor, but it occurs to me that it might be… Read more

I am downright perplexed. Tomorrow is College Friday and I can’t for the life of me find any of my favorite Michigan or CU apparel. I’ve cleaned out my closet, dug through the laundry basket, dumped out my drawers, tackled the laundry room and they’re nowhere to be found. I guess it’s a good thing… Read more

“There is just nothing sexier than having someone loudly speak the name of the person they’re calling so you can overhear. Are you impressed?” “Oh, hullo. Yes, yes, I do agree in the most sarcastic sense. Absolutely, it has the total opposite effect, like, ew.” “Quite.” “I just heard from EBD that you’re back on Supernatural… Read more

I’ve got to just, you know, be by myself more. I was alone again Sunday and I got so much done and I was happy for a few hours. I need it to be that way, is all. They could, you know, tell people I’m crazy. That would, that would be OK, really. I don’t care… Read more

As I lay awake at 2:30 a.m. pondering nothing in particular, the word committed popped into my brain and it occurred to me that although it can be used in at least three contexts such as . . .  He committed a crime She was committed to the asylum They are in a committed relationship .… Read more