Nothing feels better than running right by your ex boyfriend in the park, giving a hearty hello, and being silently glared at in return.
He must read the blog, guys!
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Social Media and the Suicide of Madison Holleran
Tragic, touching, and so SO important. Madison Holleran’s story reminds me of the importance of keeping it honest on social media. Yes, it’s tempting to post that life is fabulous (and it certainly can be at times) or to filter every photo (not that I’m ever going to stop that entirely), but let’s mix it up with a dose of reality as well.
That’s the true goal of this blog– sure, I like to entertain, but I mostly want to show that life is often hard, wholly imperfect, awkward, uncomfortable, and at times we’re going to feel terrible things and have dark, unsettling thoughts. And that’s ok. We’re all in this together. Humor and written expression is my outlet and defense against the demons, and if one person out there reads about my dips into depression, my irrational anxieties, my occasional struggles to get out of bed, my moments of discomfort in my own skin, and for even one second feels a little less alone or a little brighter about their own struggle, then my work here is done.
I wish Madison had had some more imperfect Instagram feeds to scroll through. Maybe then she would have known she’s not the only one.
What a Silly Question
Friend: “So if you’re dating a guy and things are going well, at what point do you tell him about the blog?”
Um, obviously in the first or second month.
After our first grandchild is born.
At that point he’ll be pretty locked in.
The Line Is a Dot to Me
It seems I took things a little too far in my post Lost and Found, and Jeremy wasn’t so thrilled with me:
So after that, and as his loving big sis, you can imagine how I’m now feeling.
His friends AND his ex read my blog, guys!!!
How I Know When a Blog Comment is Spam
There is absolutely nothing useful on this website.
Share Your Favorite Blog Day!
Guys! Now that I am an in-the-know member of the blogging community, I learned that today is international “Share Your Favorite Blog” Day!
The rules are simple–
1. Choose your favorite blog (this one)
2. Share it on your Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat/Whatever the hell else is out there ruining our interpersonal skills
3. Type a quick blurb with your share, such as “THIS BLOG IS AMAZING AND YOU MUST READ IT!” or “THIS BLOG IS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO MY LIFE!” or “THE WRITER OF THIS BLOG IS A COMPLETE DISASTER BUT IT’S FUN TO READ ABOUT!”
4. Become my new best friend (can only be accomplished by completing steps 1-3).
Thanks so much guys!! Share Your Favorite Blog Day is definitely my new favorite holiday, and I’m so grateful to the person who thought it up!**
**I thought it up. No such holiday exists. Unless you count this post as its birth. So I guess technically now it exists, but I’m the only one celebrating.
Just share my fucking blog. Please.
#shareyourfavoriteblogday
Ebola Mom, Part 25
(part of the Ebola Mom series)
Tutoring Ebola Mom’s kid…
Kid: “My mom tried to find you on Facebook but couldn’t.”
Me: “Oh. I don’t use Facebook.”
Kid: “You don’t?”
Me: “Nope. No Facebook. No Instagram. No Internet, really. At all. Ever.”
I Consider This a Win
No. What’s a blog?
Tutoring…
Kid: “Do you know what a blog is?”
Me: “Hmmm…No. What’s a blog?”
Kid: “It’s like an internet page where you write things and put pictures and stuff. My teacher has one.”
Me: “Really?”
Kid: “Yeah, it’s a blog for our classroom. It talks about all the cool things we do in school, tells the parents what we’re learning, and she write notes about how proud she is of us.”
Right. Just like my blog.
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