BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
“Just ten more minutes, Mom.”
The faint sound of snoring wafted out through the tear in the wall and blended in with the hustle and bustle on the outside.
“WHAT THE WHAT?!” Ella shot up, throwing her blankets across her body, banking off the wall opposite her.
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We all have those moments in our lives that can make or break us. Most of us have had several of them. And if you haven’t had yours yet, I promise you it’s on the way.
Me, I’m with the crowd. I’ve had quite a few over my 45 years…
I sucked at life, and I have ever since I can remember. Every decision I made ended up being the wrong one.
I had a scholarship to George Washington University. I was accepted to UC Santa Barbara. But because I was rejected by my first choice, Brown University, I threw…
My relationship with money has been toxic, to say the least. It’s so bad, can I save it? Is there a chance, even a glimmer of hope, that Money and I can reconcile? Can we have our happily ever after? Our ride off into the sunset?
If you asked me…
Why are you such a fuck-up?
Why are you the way you are?
Who do you think you are?
I hate you.
For the past 35-ish years, I have hated myself. I was loath to look at myself in the mirror. …
For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted someone to tell me what to do in my life, like what choices to make, what path to take. But I wanted the best, someone like Gandalf, Dumbledore, Obi Wan Kenobi, or Yoda. …
For as long as I can remember, money has been a major character in the story of my life. Sometimes he was the hero. At times, the villain. More often than not, he was a dirty rotten bastard.
Looking back, I can call him by three names:
The Decider, The…
Money has always been an enigma for me. Growing up, it was never directly a part of the conversation. It was more like a passive-aggressive participant, controlling what I could and couldn’t do. …
This is definitely not the only way to create more intimacy, and it’s not the most fun. However, it is the easiest way.
That’s it.
It’s simple, and yet most of us don’t do it.
Early on in our relationship, my honey and I agreed on the no cell phone…
Books have always been a part of my life. Everyone in my family read to me as a child. By the time kindergarten came around, I was already reading at a 2nd-grade level.
Trips to the library and the used bookstore were my favorite treat over a sundae at our…
