"Someone is at your back door." Well, hello, pretty friend. Rest as long as you like.

TBH I'm kinda tired of too-confident people assuming the natural absence of aggression I have means I'm weak. How about you dial it back a bit and we'll see who has the real strength?

Is this what they mean when they say "Dress for the job you want"? That lil green leaf in the foreground is my pothos, Lucifer, waving hello.

I don't wear dresses much, because it doesn't matter how cute they are or how well they fit, I usually don't feel like myself in them. Maybe the answer is SNEAKERS.

It only helps one person to stay silent about your abuser. And that's your abuser. But think about how many people you may help if you share about your experiences, which will also become a healing catharsis for you.

Sometimes I wonder if the overwhelming amount of love I feel for the people who truly see and care about me is because I spent so many years of my life being neglected by the people who were supposed to love me most.

At 9pm, in our family text chat: son, 20: Just made it to the party! daughter, 22: [Boyfriend] and I are heading to meet friends at a cafe! me: I've tucked myself into bed with the dogs and my heating pad!

"Sometimes you have to stop and smell the mushrooms." -- Sunny Sue, my pitbull princess

I'm finishing my morning coffee at home in time to shower and go meet a good friend for more coffee at a shop I haven't tried before. Isn't life grand?

I have a lot to say about feminism, allyship, dogs, writing, thrifting, DIY home projects, homeownership, peace, joy, Kansas City (MO), healing after abuse, having older kids (20 and 22), the human condition, being a single, empowered woman, and more. And I'm Gen X! Should we connect?

"You look happy." Thanks! I just remembered that leaving my abusive ex-husband was the best thing I ever did for my kids and me.

Imagine not liking me and it's just because I'm over here holding the boundaries I had to create because of your own behaviors toward me.

We also happen to like Hawaiian Bros.

my kids, 22 and 19: <trying to live their busy young adult lives> me: <blowing up their phones with adorable dog memes and reels>

Went thrifting today. Saw the same attractive man at two stores and he was definitely checking me out. He even (politely) cornered me in a tiny crafting section. Problem is, he was shopping with his wife and daughter, about 8. This is the landscape for single women.

Heal like you mean it.

#DatingAfterDomesticAbuse If you want to have a healthy relationship, your knowledge of dangerous men must be bigger than your heart, and your boundaries stronger than their pathologies. Okay?

If I were still friends with the woman who, right after the November POTUS election results were announced, said, "The majority has spoken. It's time to go back to loving each other,"

Today, after I texted an unsolicited suggestion to my 19-year-old son, he replied, "I am personally not a fan, but thank you for thinking of me." What kind of young man are you raising?

Today's advice is to stop giving your time + energy to the people who continually reduce you. 🫥

I occasionally see women say that hormones are the driving force behind our Gen X rage, but I'm not giving the same credit. My rage isn't a symptom.

In a world of MTGs, be Sarah McBride. "No matter how I'm treated by some colleagues, nothing diminishes my awe and gratitude at getting to represent Delaware in Congress. It is truly the honor and privilege of a lifetime. I simply want to serve and to try to make this world a better place."

Very disappointed that the commercial with the rogue, vacationing flip flop is for Carnival Cruises, not Sandals Resorts.

I'm old enough to remember when Dan Quayle spelled potato with an "e" on the end. I remember how unkind and unforgiving the media and many Americans were at that time... Where's all that judgment and indignation when it's really needed?

I looked it up for myself. housedotgov has an entry claiming that 10mil in taxpayer dollars have funded "transgender animals." If you're dumb enough to believe that bold, conflagrated lie, come take a look at the ocean front property I have in my KCMO neighborhood. I'll make you a sweet deal.

my weather app this morning: Red Flag Warning from 8am to 6pm me: Oh god, problematic men everywhere? That's the LAST thing I need today.

What living in the Midwest is like. Last week: "Ugh, I don't want to go the work, it's too cold and miserable outside." This week: "Oh man, I don't want to go the work, it's so warm and lovely outside!"

Imagine unfollowing me but I'm just over here living out loud with my empathy because I refuse to accept an ignorant attack on any individual, and the oppression and regression of any groups of people.

One of the biggest differences between me and my ex-husband? I don't make me cry.

Snow day. Working from home. Mid-afternoon coffee break with my thrifted Anthropologie mug. A statement for the ages.

“I would rather be a little nobody, than to be an evil somebody.” -- Abraham Lincoln

Oh sorry, did my empathy for other humans offend you? Watch me keep having it anyway.

You're either an ally or you're not. It can't be both ways. You don't get to choose for whom and under what conditions. Claiming to support a trans person you know personally but then also celebrating the EO that bans trans folx from sports as a win is doing it wrong.

No time like the present, all this mess and muck and upheaval for an empath's soul, to be a single orphan with no one to look after and take care of you. 😔

Remember a few winters ago when we were so exhausted by the words "polar vortex"? Right now, for this era of history, it's "breaking news." 😮‍💨

Heartened to see the announcements of significant lawsuits filed against DT and parties by: The FBI The ACLU PFLAG AFL-CIO The three largest unions in America and that many members of Congress staged a protest (re: Musk) outside the US Dept of the Treasury today. The resistance is building. ✊🏻

I'm just gonna say it, I don't like people with red hair. The way they parade around, flaunting their identity at everyone, demanding acceptance and worth makes me so uncomfortable. I don't want to see a redhead in the bathroom and I don't want to ride an elevator with one, either. I can't relax.

Sometimes I think about my snobby, popular classmate named Shannon who, circa 1996, made fun of me for wearing leather Eastlands instead of Birks. I wonder if she grew out of her shallow ugliness? Has anyone ever made her feel small for such a stupid, superficial reason? They were good sandals.

I just made a donation to @hrc.org. (Not my first.) Who will add to it?

“Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.” -- Leo Tolstoy

me: "He's dangerous." her: "I won't listen to that." In almost the same breath she said that while my certain loved one is awesome, she doesn't support the trans agenda. She was proud of her "educated" beliefs. Which was why I ended our 20-year friendship. I'll never forgive her vote for DT.

I'm embarrassed for the DT voters. Ragey, too. But today I want to focus on how mortified they should be. Shameful.