For the naturally laid back and easygoing, motherhood is the great motivator. There are precious little procrastination opportunities when one is confronted with sleep deprivation and crying children. You might think that a plateful of crackers and cheese while sat at the computer reading blogs is both stimulating AND nutritious, but your toddler ( Read more... )

Heh. My mother is coming next Wednesday so that she can help support me now that I'm depressed. (Well, she hasn't said that this is her plan but others have spilled the beans ( Read more... )

There are some very termendously pleasant ways to start a day, especially a day off ( Read more... )

My mother has left, and I miss her. I feel like I am 12 again, or 9 and desperately afraid that in the wake of losing one parent I will lose another. Desperately afraid that I will be cast out into the world, adrift. I want and need something, which I'm not getting but I cling to her anyway in the hopes that something might change ( Read more... )