Humor

How to be Ok with your own life

There seems to be that one day out of the week where I look towards my husband, head down, eyes at an upwards angle, like a puppy and say, “I feel like I’m more depressed than most people. Do you think there’s something wrong with me?” To which he replies, “There’s nothing wrong with you! Stop saying that or you’ll make yourself depressed!” Directly pointed, but nevertheless good advice.   “As a man thinketh in his heart, so...

The Light Side of Dark Humor

For those of you who don’t already know, I have a slightly dark sense of humor. Finding a laugh has always helped me dance through tragedy or misfortune. Mel Brooks once said, “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”   We all have a little dark side – like when you see your cat sleeping peacefully, while dangling precariously, at the edge of the bed and you have that...

The Stick Figure War

In college my roommates and I used to leave each other little dry erase notes on the huge bathroom mirror above the sinks. You know friendly reminders like: Please take out the trash. Please wash your multiple dishes there is no room in the sink for me to wash my one dish. FYI I ate the last of your spinach. I’ll buy you more. (Note: The spinach was going to be my dinner and I was the only one who didn’t have a car) Remove your moldy...