Redheaded Jill

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  • Language of the Times

    There is a lot that I hate about modern slang. I will never forgive the person who came up with the terms “skibbidy” or “rizzler”. It pains me to even type them. However, I do sometimes find myself using slang and feeling “cool”. But then I immediately give myself the ick. I never got into… Read more

  • Being Typecast in Life

    Have you ever been given a label and it stuck with you for… well forever? I have worn a lot of labels in my life. Some good, some bad. Some I don’t worry about and others plague me. One such example: Kids. I love kids. I truly do. I think they’re cute and funny and… Read more

  • The Progression of the Cry

    Have you ever noticed sometimes when babies fall and it startles them they don’t cry until they see the adult react? You hear a thud and look over to see the baby, dazed and maybe rubbing their head. They look at you, you look at them. Sometimes just the eye contact can set them off.… Read more

  • Coaches

    If you have ever stepped outside or looked at a newspaper or turned on a tv or a nanosecond chances are you have seen or heard someone talking about the coach of a sports team. I have no idea who these people coach, but names like Bill Belichick and Ted Lasso are not foreign to… Read more

  • Sit With Me

    I am not an overly touchy person, but give me the chance to rock a baby to sleep or sit with a toddler and read a book and I am in complete heaven. There is nothing sweeter. I have lots of friends with kids whom I adore, but the children who mean the most to… Read more

  • Confessions of a Non Poet

    I am not one who understands poetry. Growing up I never appreciated poetry. The Old Testament is split up into books of law, history, poetry, major and minor prophets. There are whole sections of the Bible that I struggled with because… poetry! It was recently pointed out to me that the original writings of the… Read more