I took a break from social media for the month of August. Specifically, I logged out of Facebook and Instragram on my phone and computer and only logged back in a couple of times to…
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Getting Back to It
Well, that went fast. It’s been about 5 weeks since I last posted. That clearly violates my aforementioned commitment to post once a week for all of 2020. There are a few reasons I didn’t…
Figuring Out My Wiring
This week I read the book Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire by Jen Hatmaker. It’s hard for me to describe Jen Hatmaker – I think she would lead with “author” but that doesn’t quite…
Extending Grace
Yesterday, a couple of my sisters and I had an extended “conversation” via voice memos on Messenger about the shitshow ahead of us in Wisconsin, now that we are the only state in the nation…
Space for You
These are intense times, everyone figuring out how to physically interact with as few people as possible as we collectively try to contain the spread of Covid-19. It’s stressful and anxiety provoking and strange. People…
When Close Crises Feel Far
In the field of social work, we talk a lot about working at both macro and micro levels to improve life for people. Micro means working with individuals as they navigate challenges; macro refers to…
Stop Comparing Yourself to People Who Have it Worse Than You
This was a tough week. There are terrible colds and flus going around, not to mention a possible global pandemic. My father has been in the hospital twice, for two different things. I witnessed a…
Fun is Just Okay
Do you like to have fun? I know that sounds like the beginning of a terrible commercial, but I am sincerely asking the question. (Feel free to answer in the comments!) I’ve been thinking about…
Tyne Daly, TV Hero
This week I was given a new assignment at my social work internship. I need to see if I can find a way around (or through) the standard procedures at a large government bureaucracy in…
Shushing A Negative Voice in My Head
I wish that I had started this blog in 2010 or 2008 instead of 2019. I wish that I had been early to the blog thing, when people were figuring it out, before there were…