Archive: Relational Change

The Rules of Improv

Thanks to a surprise gift from a friend, I’m reading Bossypants by Tina Fey. I hate book reviews so I won’t make you read a play by play about each chapter I complete (I’ll save that for dinner conversation with my husband- he’ll like that!). But still, there is one section in the book that

Honestly Looking for Candor

My grandparents are (part) Macedonian so I grew up calling them Baba (Grandma) and Dedo (Grandpa). Sundays were big family dinners where the entire family gathered, ate, and drank. Holidays- especially Christmas- were always full of loud family and lots of presents (which sometimes came from my neon pink lipstick wearing, white hair teasing, always

Blurred

In a mindless incident I put my contacts in the opposite eyes this morning. In an unaware episode it didn’t occur to me until Brandon called and said that he had accidentally bumped my contacts and he might have put the “R” cap on the “L” contact. In a moment of clarity I realized that

Choose Friends Wisely

I believe that at each person’s core we are meant for relationship. Even the people that don’t like people need relationship. Sorry people haters. Despite the fact that forced relationships are work, I have come to realize that life happens with other people. Although I can sustain through my introverted self, I’m enjoying relationships that

Life On Life

I’m not sure when it actually happens. I can’t identify a point in time where the change took place but I know it’s there. I know I’m no longer in the world of childhood where I have the safety of my parents wisdom to protect me and ‘be home by sunset’ is all I need