Are you back on the wagon? my friend asked Saturday night, pointing to my Diet Coke. We were out for dinner with our husbands. My friend was obviously referring to my Year Without Wine which I completed this past January.…
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I am sitting at my desk. It is a beautiful white desk covered in things – books, papers, photographs, pens. My hummingbird paperweight. My good luck rocks. A glass of water. It is half full. Four years ago, I might…
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I’ve been feeling guilty about something. Last Friday night, I attended a Preschool fundraiser. Husband was sick, so I went alone. I was proud of myself for doing this. I don’t really have social anxiety, but I like when he’s…
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Have you had wine yet?
I’ve gotten this question a lot over the past week. And it makes perfect sense. After all, I chose to go public with my yearlong dip into the dry life and I chose to write…
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I learned something yesterday. Something I already knew, but seem to forget. I learned that it can be really rewarding to tell a truth. I am not talking about the truth, that elusive, Platonic thing we are all implored to…
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After the Kindergarten pumpkin picking trip, we gather outside school and wait for dismissal. It has been a muddy and wonderful Friday and, side-by-side, we parents sink silently into the exhaustion that shrouds us all, ready to scoop up our…
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I am now eight months into my Year Without Wine and in honor of reaching this milestone, I will share eight things I have learned, or concluded. Here they are:
1. I am a better version of myself without booze.…
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Yesterday morning at 8:06am, I received an email. An email from someone I don’t know, someone who reads this blog. The email was short and consisted of a single question: Would you be able to answer some questions about your…
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We are not avid theater-goers. But a friend told me about a new play Seminar on Broadway. She said she thought I would like it because it is about writers. In a very un-me-like move I went online and bought…
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