Parenting as a sensitive and/or introverted person.
Summer is here. School is out. Relationships fill my heart and time. I can't promise new and densely enriching posts every week. I'll be busy chasing kids and frogs and sprinkler haze. Living wide-eyed and spontaneously. I doubt I'll be able to stay away from writing entirely but if the week slips away from me in [...]
I didn't fall apart during or after the divorce like everyone expected. I was worried as hell about how it would affect our children, scared to death about taking care of everything myself (how would I find the energy?) but ultimately not afraid to be alone. I knew I was on my way. I was doing [...]
Run through midnight dunes with sparklers or lie down on the dark shore and let life wash over you? Here it is again, giving up season. No, I'm not talking about Lent. I'm talking about one of those phases in which we feel defeated by the overwhelming requirements of life. It's when you find yourself constantly [...]
I’ve experienced the most delicious freedom over the last few months. The interesting thing is I still have the same responsibilities and reasons to stress, maybe more now, but something is different. It’s not like this freedom, this peace, was not previously available . It was always there. Imperfect in Suburbia The difference is I no longer [...]
As the core values of space2live crystallize, I discover myself. In 2011's Best Of post, I stated my intention to be more open in my 2012 writing. I succeeded. I let my sensuality slip out from behind the ornate dressing screen. I revealed my divorce story, despair and all. I admitted my weaknesses and shortfalls when [...]
Reflecting on My Youth - Joanne Smoley I can't believe it's been almost a year since Jeff moved out. Didn't we just tell the kids that we make each other sad and we can't stay married? It seems like only yesterday I was having the suckiest New Year's ever. I remember thinking last year in [...]
