– my story

An Examination of Self. Or Something.

You know my lovely #iPPP co-host, Sarah (of course)? And her 365 Days of Self-Portraits Project, where she takes a self-portrait every day that she, herself, has taken? And her last #iPPP post, where she kind of kicked our collective butts about how we are, in fact, interesting enough to […]

By Greta|February 21st, 2013|motherhood|86 Comments

Shedding the Weight.

I no longer think of myself as a “widow”. I don’t check the widow box on government forms, I don’t include “single mom” in my bio.

For two years, I did. That was how people saw me, and I’m sure, whispered about me. In small-town America, your most important identity is […]

By Greta|April 21st, 2012|motherhood|43 Comments