Mid Femme Crisis
Join me as I navigate my forties
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Sourdough baby
During the pandemic a lot of us started new hobbies. With my job, I had to go into work two days out of every pay period and the rest of the time I got to stay home. That lasted for less than three months before we all had to return to work full time but…
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Big Dogs, Big Everything
Six years ago, my husband, Steve, and I adopted two Great Danes. We had lost our previous dog, Coco, to cancer ten months prior and we were finally ready to welcome another dog to the family. Steve believed that Coco was always lonely by herself when we went to work, so this time he determined…
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Women’s Equality Day
Joint Resolution of Congress, 1971 Designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States; and…
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Too Feminist?
I happened across a clip of a podcast today where a man was talking about how the feminization of our society was destroying our country and that toxic femininity was to blame for everything by bringing love and compassion. This is paraphrased from his remarks but this man, Charlie Kirk, said that men are needed…
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Fitness and Me
As a kid, I was not the most athletic person. I had asthma and used that to get out of doing almost anything that required running in gym class. My inhaler was my constant companion since any physical activity led to an asthma attack, leaving me gasping for air if I didn’t have my inhaler…
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20 Year Anniversary
Yesterday was a big day for me. It marked twenty years working for the federal government. When I was first hired at twenty three years old, I assured myself I would only work there for a year or two before moving on to greater opportunities. I had imagined that I would continue to pursue my…