Dearests

life,the sads — Valerie on March 28, 2012 at 3:05 pm

I know I’ve done nothing here but post videos and images and links, but it’s about all I can handle right now.

Here’s the thing: a couple days ago, I started to feel like maybe (JUST MAYBE) I was ready to start phasing out my meds. And then I immediately started to feel like I was coming unglued again. So that’s fun.

Anyway, I have a physical at the beginning of May, so I’m going to wait until then to talk about it with my doctor. Until then, I’m trying to cut myself some slack. I hope you will, too.

Thanks for your support, as always. And now I’ll leave you with this song. I’ve been listening to it a lot lately*. It is oh so sweet.

(I thought the drawings on this video were kind of adorable.)

*JR and I have also spent many a morning dancing in the kitchen to this song–maybe my most favorite song in the whole world?)

How I learned to not hate my nose

family,life,work — Valerie on March 20, 2012 at 3:18 pm

When you get a moment, go on over to my latest Raising Richmond column and read about the tense relationship I have with my schnozzzzzzzzz.

(This is my great-grandmother, Jennie. She plays an important part in the story. Also, we seem to have similar default expressions that convey a message of “Dude, I will cut you.”)

GIMME A FRIGGIN’ BABY GOAT

favorite things — Valerie on March 8, 2012 at 2:28 pm

As one commenter on the video put it, “My eyes just morphed into hearts!”