Realistic Idealist

Wonder where I've been? (i.e. very few blog post updates lately) Certainly not asleep. Sigh. I'll bet sleep deprivation is a very ef...

Lost in what translation, you may ask? The children's translation, of course: This is my life concisely worded in a two-panel comic str...

My sweet friend Mita (mee-tah) recently shared with me a vivid dream she had: ************** In the dream, she and I were sitting together, ...

We were driving somewhere as a family, and something struck me as quite funny. I gave a hearty laugh, which almost sounded more like a cackl...

1. You accidentally enter your pin on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 ...

Last night my husband was lying in bed and turned to me, declaring solemnly: "Kimberly, I've got cold feet. And it's your fault...

I wish I could just shrug it off. I wish I weren't already judging myself so harshly anyway. I wish I were not so sensitive and hurt whe...