I actually LOVE Disney/Pixar films…they contain just enough sass, snark, and sophisticated humor that, while I would rather be in the theater watching Gone Girl, I can easily laugh at the cleverly-placed humor for adults who have forked over $50 to take their families to the movies.) I appreciate all the Disney/Pixar greats, but last […]
The 5 Stages of Supermarket Cart Grief
A few months ago, I had a really, really tough day in the grocery store. While I was pushing my cart through the five stages of hell (oh, I meant the canned goods aisle), I considered the stages of my grocery store cart development while parenting. The Baby-Carrier-on-Top-of-the-Cart-Handle Stage:This stage is meant to lure unsuspecting parents into thinking, […]
Carrie On Her Soapbox: “Dear Country Music,”
Dear Country Music, Hi. My name is Carrie, and I have to begin by telling you that I’m a big fan…have been my whole life. I’ve listened to the old greats like Haggard and Jones, through Garth and the 90’s phase, to country’s newest pop-crossover music, and I’ve rolled with the punches and enjoyed each and every […]
Carrie On Parenting: Lowering the Crib
Yesterday morning, my almost-18-month-old Sawyer attempted a full gainer dive out of his crib. Lucky for me, I had just gone in his room to wake him up. I was hanging clothes in his little closet a few feet away and was thus able to go horizontal in a move that could only be duplicated on […]
Learning to Climb Onto My Soapbox
Friends, I am nothing if not a good girl. A little wild at times, yes. Fun at parties? Absolutely. Did my parents, friends’ parents, or teachers ever chastise me for this tastefully well-kept secret that probably everyone in our small town knew? No. Why? They never commented because, for all my fun, party-girl ways, I […]
A Jack-O-Lantern Changed My Life
October 21, 2005. Nashville, TN. When the principal of the inner-city high school where I taught asked my teacher friends and me to run senior night and honor the students who were football players, cheerleaders, and band members, we agreed. These students accepted the rigors of after-school commitments in this extra-tough environment. We would honor […]
Carrie On Relocating: The Initial OMG…
On May 21, 2013. I was three weeks out of my third C-section, driving Sarah and Tate to school and daycare in our little Nashville suburb while lugging beautiful baby Sawyer in his carrier to get them there. My cell phone rang, and Jeff began the conversation with, “Are you sitting down?” This is not the […]
Carrie On Annoying People: A Tale of Two Mail Carriers
I am a friendly person…this is an inherited trait, passed down from many generations of Southern women who know what is best, how everybody should act, and how they should conduct themselves in the presence of others. This leads me to question the conduct of one USPS mail carrier in my new hometown in Arkansas who […]
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