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i’m sorry
Well, hello. I felt the need to begin this post (and I even wrote it and then deleted it a few times) with this: “I’m so sorry I abandoned you for so long. [Insert excuse here.] [Insert secondary...
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on apologizing
I used to say “I’m sorry” too much. I used to say it for the silliest things, and sometimes I still do. But, for reasons I can’t identify to myself, I’m not so much of an apologizer or people-pleaser...
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rain for your parade
Hmmm…we had a keg at the twins’ first birthday party and no other children were present, so I think that means we fall into the “Thank-God-We-Made-It” category. This can’t be uncommon for parents of...
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franticity, franticosity, the art of being frantic
I have been feeling a little frantic lately. I’m not sure if this is a component of my personality, a bad behavioral habit I’ve recently gotten into, a product of our culture, or if it’s somehow part...
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on being idle
“No, Katie, no! Fight it with all you’ve got!!!” was my reaction to your last post. I’ve never told you this before, and now I fear it’s too late, but here goes: one of the (many) things I loved about...
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people pleasing: a case study
Many of you lovely readers responded to my mention of being a people-pleaser the last time we wrote about apologizing (Katie’s here, Maria’s here) and it got me thinking: non-people-pleasers must be a...
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