Category: Humor

Dragonslayer

My favorite mythologist, Joseph Campbell, said near the end of every hero’s journey, we face a massive dragon guarding life’s greatest treasure—the truth of our soul. It’s a lesson I learn over and over, but it seems the dragon is bigger this time, with much

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Circus Dreams

I was jumping on the bed last night in a spontaneous dance party to Soulmate by Lizzo, when I missed the bed and face-planted on my hardwood floor. Henry, my 13-year-old’s face appeared above me. “Mom? Are you okay?”  “Of course! I know how to

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Sisters

Late last night, I was standing in the kitchen wearing my pink flannel champagne pajamas when my teenagers came home from a party hosted by a theater friend, who has recently become a self-proclaimed witch. They told me how mid-party he brought out a crystal

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Divorce Diva Style

@thecheish on Twitter started a hilarious thread of birds who look twice-divorced. Check out these glamorous birds who do, indeed, look like they are twice divorced. All this talk of birds and feathers and Divorce Diva style led me to think about some other options

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Kim: Merchant of Marvels on the Ship of Dreams

She was the Merchant of Marvels on the Ship of Dreams, with a billowing rainbow sail in a warm starry sky and a velvet bag full of stars that she can throw out into the sky whenever she wants, and I’ll be looking up, my eyes open wide, my heart open wide, my arms open wide, ready to catch them.

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