outsidevoice

My dearest Benjamin, Little Man, this month has been a doozie. To start with, you were sick for its majority. Recurrent ear infections (many undetected) kept you out of school and Daddy and I out of the office for almost all of it. With no other options to heal you medically, we had no choice [...]

Dear Pilates, Hi. I know it’s been, like, oh, uh, six months since we’ve been together. I’m sure you’re a little pissed with me ditching you and all, but do you have to be such a vindictive bitch? Ow. But, listen, when Husband shows up Saturday to meet you for the first time? Be good [...]

On Monday I resigned. I thought I’d let that statement sit by itself for a moment. In all honesty, I’ve been letting myself sit quietly with that statement for the past week. And it has been terribly difficult. I was going to do this in the summer time. I was mentally preparing for the summertime. [...]

The following is an unedited, unphotoshopped picture. This is what my household has been dealing with for weeks. WEEKS. Benjamin has had ear infection after ear infection after ear infection and, oh, yeah, he’s having trouble hearing. REALLY? NO SHIT?! Because of this latest round of antibiotics, he developed a severe diaper rash that was [...]