That Stench Is My Foul Mood

March 11, 2018 / Tara / Leave a comment

There are days like this. They don’t happen very often, at least not anymore. Everyone has them. A mood so foul the day itself screams – for the love of God, woman shut the hellup! It was all going so well, too.

While everyone complained loudly about the impending snow storm last week, I did a remarkable 360 and was actually happy about it, because for once it happened at the best possible time for us. It started late after we returned home from our routine Wednesday night trip to PA, and we had nowhere to go Thursday or Friday – no appointments, no obligations – and it was my weekend, so the kids were home with me anyway. Perfect. I worked Saturday night for a few hours, because the restaurant is short staffed, again. Really, how’s about I just stop reporting that? It should be the…

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Of Bullies

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 / Tara / 2 Comments

Warning: Far-stretching, rambling rant ahead, and real life bullies exposed. Veruca got a cell phone in 5th grade, in order to attend a birthday party. If it weren’t for diabetes, she still wouldn’t have one. It was an enormous leap of faith and I made sure she knew it. Two years later she still doesn’t … Continue reading Of Bullies

The Island of F*cked Up Dreams

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 / Tara / Leave a comment

I'd rather be here. Copyright by proxy, The Tara Chronicles, 2018 Now that Todd is home from an enviable 4-day business trip to Nashville in an amazing hotel, I am sleeping like a log again. It was the longest we’ve been apart in over seven years. Technically we didn’t lay eyes on each other for … Continue reading The Island of F*cked Up Dreams

The First Days of 2018

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 / Tara / 1 Comment

As another year turns the corner, I cleanse my inbox of useless emails and spam, browse the pages of social media for inspiration. I get emails from a website that offers design inspiration for your home and garden and life. One included a reminder about, and how and where, to start decluttering your space. Purging … Continue reading The First Days of 2018

There Was This Boy

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

So there was this boy, I saw him walk by me once and he took my breath away. I couldn't avoid his eyes or the chemistry between us. He asked me out once and I said yes, and we went out again, and again, until he owned me. I never knew love like that, and … Continue reading There Was This Boy

Type 1: Know the Signs!!

November 8, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

It’s National Diabetes Awareness Month…

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Lately it seems Type 1 diabetes has been in the news, the worst kind of news: the reports are of new cases only diagnosed after a child has died. It seems implausible to me that this could happen, and I really don’t like to focus on the negative of anything, but the fact is… it has happened. How could it get that far? And more frightening of all… how could a physician, any physician, miss the signs? Or, at the very least, consider all of the possibilities? That just one finger stick and a tiny spot of blood could rule out this chronic and debilitating disease?

And this is why we “D-parents,” as we often call ourselves, are so eager to educate and get the word out. We don’t want to hear any more tragic stories of diagnoses that, had they come soon enough, would not have ended this way. …

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Personal Space

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

Two posts ago I mentioned that minor thing called Personal Space. We all need it. We are occasionally violated. We sometimes never get it. Sometimes we get too much. In college this weird thing happened where people started hugging each other. Not that we didn’t do that before, but it seemed like a matter of … Continue reading Personal Space

Todd and I Do It Again

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 / Tara / 4 Comments

The truth is, we do it every year. Sometimes several times a year. We went on vacation, and returned to Ocean City, Maryland a couple of weeks ago. We rolled in late afternoon on a Monday, checked into our 7th floor room (remember this detail – it figures in later) at last year’s hotel … Continue reading Todd and I Do It Again

Cabo San Lucas – The End

July 29, 2017 / Tara / Leave a comment

Chapter 3 January 19, 1991 Sábado My baja California trip is over. I’m sitting now in the Phoenix airport, sometime around 5 p.m. Only SEVEN hours until I board my next flight – to Philadelphia. Customs went okay – not quite as bad as Greece was. I thought I’d found the perfect spot to plant … Continue reading Cabo San Lucas – The End

Cabo San Lucas – Chapter 3

July 28, 2017July 27, 2017 / Tara / 1 Comment

Chapter 2 January 14, 1991 Lunes Sitting here at Squid Roe – excellent margaritas!! No buzz, but feeling like a headache is brewing. It’s from being in the sunshine too long. The Americans that come to Cabo are a strange crew. This sleepy little town seems like a magnet for peculiar people who are both … Continue reading Cabo San Lucas – Chapter 3

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