I have slept so much over this break. So very much. This morning I woke up around 8:30am - naturally, without an alarm except the alarm that is my bladder telling me I had to pee. Then I went back to sleep and didn't get out of bed until 9:45am. It feels like my body… Continue reading Sleep
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
A Letter To Mitch Albom
Dear Mitch, Did Chika love dogs? I just finished reading ‘Finding Chika’. I’m sitting on my sofa in our living room. The Christmas tree is still up, the lights twinkling. Tears stream down my face. At Lesson Six, one of our dogs, a red golden retriever named Pages, who was laying on the sofa across… Continue reading A Letter To Mitch Albom
Underground…
I'm still underground, friends. Still in jammy-mode. Still on sleep-in time. The kids go back to school on Monday, January sixth so I'm still on a break with them. I've worked hard to stay 'breaking' this holiday season. It's been difficult. Mostly, I've paid attention to how being on a break makes me feel. A… Continue reading Underground…
