Wife, mother, blogger, writer, homeschooler, desmoid tumor patient, all around smartass, and Skittles enthusiast, not necessarily in that order.
Author: Christine Knapp
Gen X Road Trips Were Not Pinterest-Worthy
I recently saw a TikTok filled with Pinterest hacks for traveling with children and HOLY HELL were my Gen X eyeballs popping out of my head. Now first, I want to say that I’m not ragging on these moms. I come from a time where you …
You Get To Be Sad
I have to admit, yesterday was a bad day for me. The past month, quite frankly, has been its own special hell, but most of that isn’t my story to tell. Yesterday is mine to tell and I think I’m ready to tell it. Recently, a …
What You Getting The Covid Vaccine Means To Me
I got poked on Thursday. The best kind of poke you can get during a pandemic. I got the vaccine. According to the stack of papers they handed me before said poke, I received the Pfizer. In a weird sort of doomsday kismet, both my husband …
Relax Into It
I’ve been having trouble with the cold, my Floridian blood is too thin to bear this unrelenting freeze. A friend of mine who is all too aware of my plight, a fragrant and fetching Mississippi magnolia who was transplanted many years ago to an icy Nordic …
I Tried Aerie’s Real Sunnie Bra So You Don’t Have To
I haven’t had a haircut in well over a year thanks to Covid. I want one really bad. I need one even worse. It’s just one of those things I’ve discovered I won’t do during a pandemic. To me, the risk doesn’t seem worth the reward. …
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A Leftist Response to Charlie Kirk’s Thanksgiving Rant
Dear Chuck, Can I call you Chuck? Even though this is our first time meeting, I feel like I can. If it’s good enough for Peppermint Patty and Charlie Brown, it’s good enough for us. Am I right or am I right? So Chuck, I saw …
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Bullet Journaling 101 – Pandemic Edition
If you’re like me and are looking for a new project to become wildly interested in for a brief period of time, thinking it will take your mind off the deadly pandemic, life altering isolation, and melting polar ice caps, then bullet journaling might be for …
My Teenager Teacher
Acclaimed writer Joan Didion said, “See enough and write it down.” I’d venture a guess she wasn’t going through a pandemic when she said that because I’m not seeing much more than the same four walls these days. Or perhaps she was living the pandemic life …
Homeschooling While Sick
I have this memory in my head, a happy vision of an otherwise grueling time. My ten-year-old towhead, grinning from ear to ear. I can hear the giggles if I close my eyes. His English lesson that day came in the form of a rousing game …
