Archive for the ‘if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy’ Category

On Faith.

May 17, 2010, Posted by Angel at 3:34 pm

I wasn’t always the anxiety-ridden control freak that I am today.  When I was young, I was very laid back.  It was something that most likely drew Brian to me throughout the years of our pre-romantic friendship.  The irony that the way our relationship fell to pieces is what catalyzed my journey into anxiety and [...]

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Sweet 16

May 5, 2010, Posted by Angel at 5:07 pm

When I found out I was pregnant with him, I was just 16, myself.
Just a child.  A child who thought she could handle anything the big bad world threw at her. Oh, what I’d give for that fierce courage now.  Life itself has become my Jabberwock, and some days I bring its head home and [...]

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Mean girl.

April 11, 2010, Posted by Angel at 8:15 pm

I really hate going public with this..it’s very much not my style. But she said to save my childish bullshit for blogging and Twitter, and I have to do this to have closure. It’s only childish when *I* want to respond to hateful things said about me..not when she does the same, it [...]

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Dear Harley,

March 23, 2010, Posted by Angel at 10:10 am

When I first saw you at the county animal shelter, I knew you were the one.  You were so happy to see us and you stole our hearts when you smooshed your face against the chain link fence to lick our hands…hands we weren’t supposed to be touching you with, but we couldn’t resist because [...]

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Uterus on loan.

March 18, 2010, Posted by Angel at 2:53 pm

I really loved being pregnant.  Well, maybe not the first time so much, since I was all of 16 and so sick that my mother thought I was bulimic.  But my girls in my belly made me feel closer to whatever force of good I identified with spiritually at the time than anything else I’ve [...]

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