Sharon Simpson

I am middle-aged. I hate grocery shopping. I go on strike when the kids don't do their share. (I have placards). I am trying to read a book for my book club. I cleaned my own gutters. I see a spiritual director monthly. I am a partner in a successful marketing company. My son duct-taped a chair into our backyard tree to make a tree fort. I really like chocolate. I'm no good at the lyrics. I have four teen-agers. My husband is a pastor. I sit in the front pew at church so that I behave myself. I wear fur to church in December. I dragonboat for fun and pain. I am an athlete. I had my teeth whitened. I have high hopes for myself (still). My phone tells me "you will make it".... and I will.

 Writing Pieces

When I turned 40, I told my husband that he’s had 18 pretty slack years in terns of my maintenance. From that moment on, it was going to be costly in both time and money. I was turning “high-maintenance”. Well, that lasted about a month. Problem is, I just don’t mind wearing my favorite comfy clothes and cutting my own nails.... and I’m just too cheap to have my hair done and re-done and done again. I like how it feels to be “high-maintenance”, but it’s just so much work.

THE GREAT DEBATE

When four kids stuck in a van for hours get into an argument and the argument consists of “those are beaver dams” and “no they aren’t”, a mom can get awfully tired - after an hour or two. This mom did. We were camping at Green Lake which is a beautiful place that would never take you to the edge of sanity and yet, I felt my sanity slipping every so quietly over that edge.

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