Author: Emily Ogden
IT’S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE MATCHING TOWELS (BUT IT ALSO KIND OF IS)
When you hit your mid-thirties, you realize a lot of things. Hopefully a lot of good and useful things, like, cleaning the kitchen before going to bed is always a good idea, as is making your bed and having clean sheets and towels on hand. You know that getting a latte everyday seems a bit frivolous, but it’s your money and your life, and it brings you joy. And things that bring joy are thin...
HERE
No one tells you That mainly it’s important for a person To be there. Mentally Physically Emotionally Soulmates and connections are dreamy But for all the heartbeat skips and giddy feelings Someone who is on the sofa Listening Talking Being Next to you That’s important We’ve all met a person (or persons) that makes our stomachs do weird flip-flops. A person who has us blinking in...
A STORY ABOUT STORIES
You know when you were a kid and everything made perfect sense? You would grow up and be a waitress/ballerina and get married and have kids and always love Jesus and have a pretty house, four dogs and a library full of books. (Like the one in Beauty & the Beast.) You would be beautiful like your mom and smart just like your big brother and your dad would always be the funniest person you knew....
ALL THE SINGLE LADIES. THE FEMINISTS. THE “NOT KID PEOPLE”.
Please be mindful… Just because a lady’s life veers from what many would categorize as typical or traditional, it doesn’t mean that A., it is wrong, and B., that is was even something she had a choice in. When a female isn’t the sort to offer to babysit children, or cuddle babies, or volunteer in the children’s hallway at church- it doesn’t mean she hates or dislikes kids. She probably adores her ...
