I am grateful today after reading horrible things sent to me. I am truly grateful.
I am thankful that I have grown up. To be honest, going to the mattresses was an idea I toyed with for about a half hour. But no. There’s no need for me to do that. There’s no reason for [...]
I call her Maria. It’s almost like an affair. I am possessive of her. I am attached to her. Maria is a little over a year old. She provides me with a comfort that even the Mister has yet been able to do.
She helps me unleash the million thoughts that dwell within.
But today [...]
My grandmother named me Lea Alissa. My parents decided Ali would be a cool nickname. So Ali it was. In nursery school I was the only girl named Ali. When I moved to that girls’ school, I was the only one named Ali. And then the jokes started. Ali Baba, Alipunga, Alimango among other things. [...]
Last night we went to see Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. (Stop reading if you intend to see the movie.)
It was gripping. Perfectly horrible. So good was it, that it was almost unbearable for me to watch. And yet I could not tear myself away. I felt the next horrible scene coming. [...]
Because I want to be happy, today I’m playing make-believe in the hopes of changing my feelings. I’m convinced that if I can change the way I feel about so many things, I will be better off. I’m convinced that if I can make it a habit to be perpetually optimistic, I will be happy [...]
I grew up hoping that I would receive money from my father because that’s how he tells you he cares. He changed when I was in my teens and outdoor home dinners disappeared. I was upset at my cousin’s wedding because my sister told me that he wrote them a check for twice the amount [...]
2007 was the year.
For an entire year we tithed everything we received. It was a test of faith on my part. The Mister was steadfast in his belief that we will always have enough. So convinced was he that he kept giving it all away apart from the tithing.
My head was in shambles though. [...]
Ali Undone
