Imagine building a soul inside of you. Slowly creating fingers and toes, a life that will last decades. While you sit reading the paper or stand in line at the grocery store, you are making a person, a little being that will grow and smile and laugh and hate and cry and be in the… Continue reading Motherhood’s no cakewalk
Tag: Looking Glass Self
The value of happiness
I used to be in love with a man–a boy, really. I loved him for all three years of high school and all the summers in between. I was dramatically, faithfully, if-I-can’t-date-him-I’ll-die in love. But I never did date him, funnily enough. Never got a chance to kiss him or even hold his hand. We… Continue reading The value of happiness
The frightening naked truth
It takes courage to tell the stories no one else does. The stories where maybe your face didn’t seem as bright as you wished it did or where you ended up with skinned knees through no fault of your own. It takes courage to tell about the times you didn’t have the right words to… Continue reading The frightening naked truth
The truth about knowledge
Write what you know. This is the advice given to aspiring authors: write what you know. I am newly 20, haven’t traveled extensively, know only two languages and am not yet finished school. What do I know? I know a little of love, but it is the kind people laugh at afterwards. The young kind.… Continue reading The truth about knowledge
Giving up on it all
Well, here I am, halfway through another school year. At times the road ahead seems endless, stretching out in front of me punctuated with exams, classes I never go to and deadlines I have a harder time meeting with each passing day. When will it all be over? And what the hell am I going… Continue reading Giving up on it all
Getting paid for stupidity
Now that the shock value has worn off, and a considerable portion of the population have spent their time and money oohing and ahhing over the grotesque stunts that make up Jackass, I feel it’s time to throw my opinion into the mix. First of all, I find the entire Jackass phenomenon completely and utterly… Continue reading Getting paid for stupidity
The beauty beneath
Isn’t it enough to live in a world where we are all judged harshly and cruelly on our outward appearances? A world where our insecurities fuel innumerable multi-million dollar industries created to sculpt, disguise, change, flaunt and otherwise alter our outward appearance to fit a narrowly defined standard of beauty. Isn’t it enough that we… Continue reading The beauty beneath
Xmas with perks
Jesus versus Santa Claus. No, it’s not a special holiday installment of Celebrity Boxing, it’s the battle silently taking place in many homes that celebrate Christmas each year. As our culture has grown increasingly secular, we have discarded the reasons for the holidays, replacing the religious meaning with candy and gifts. We’ve traded the “eternal… Continue reading Xmas with perks
A global potluck
For those who oppose globalization, one of the biggest concerns associated with the concept is Westernization, or worse– Americanization. One of the arguments that seems to surface every time the dirty G-word is mentioned is the hell that will ensue if globalization continues and every city in the world has a McDonald’s at one end… Continue reading A global potluck
The romance of routine
It’s odd how you become accustomed to people and the noise they bring with them. The sound of their jackets being taken off accompanied by a sigh, heels clicking when they walk, teeth grinding while they sleep. It seems so strange to think about, the noise is so intermittent and transient, but it’s always such… Continue reading The romance of routine