<frowny face emoji> <facepalm emoji> So, I have been chastising myself all week, strictly because I should have seen it coming. I mean, I can’t joke about the depth of an ex’s sociopathy and then be surprised when it shows its oversized head. Is there a restraining order emoji? In case you haven’t guessed, Sacha put in an appearance – several, sadly – in my life after my post last weekend…

Ok, yesterday’s post on this topic was a little tongue in cheek. So get ready for the granddaddy of daddy issues. My ex. <sotto voce> Sacha. Remember that big news story about that horrific rail disaster in India a few weeks back? Doesn’t even come close to his level of train wreck. I don’t know why my friends who knew us as a couple still send me texts asking if I’ve seen a post of his. I…

Remember when Word Up was the Code Word? Simpler times. The last couple days, I’ve been thinking a lot about two other Code Words: Brand and Crazy. This thought sentence exercise was completely inspired by an old friend who reached out for help on Wednesday. She needed help with a problem that I thought I’d successfully put behind me. A problem that began seventeen years ago and I thought I’d…

Re-read the title of this post in a French accent.  That’s how I typed it. Pretty much any European accent will work. It’s a phrase that randomly trots through my head when confronted with how non-global our educational focus is as a country. After all, how many languages do you speak? I was confronted by this twice yesterday.   Once, innocently on the Facebook when a friend shared a kindness of…