That Time You Were a Spectacle -- Why that broken grocery cart is so confident
I never intentionally choose the crappy grocery cart. Who does?
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Annie D. Stutley
- Nov 13, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Earned the Top Score -- When life falls in pieces, where goes your plan?
I really shouldn’t be surprised that a game about creating order from chaos is what interests me.
Annie D. Stutley
- Oct 23, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Controlled Time -- The worst part about getting older
The worst part about getting older isn't getting older. The worst part about getting older is that our parents get older too.
Annie D. Stutley
- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
That Time You Were the Light--What’s left in a broken world?
Does the world have nothing good to offer?
Annie D. Stutley
- Oct 10, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Held Your Tongue -- The Fruit of Shutting Up
But is it necessary to always be heard, or is there something to be said (pun intended) for shutting up?
Annie D. Stutley
- Oct 3, 2020
- 8 min
That Time You Were Prudent -- The New Mythology
How blessed was I to believe blindly as a child. How blessed am I today to believe with discernment!
Annie D. Stutley
- Sep 25, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Cleaned Up -- "It’s not what you LOOK like. It’s what you DO like."
I needed to give the impression that we were an ideal candidate, not just clean, but desirable.
Annie D. Stutley
- Sep 18, 2020
- 4 min
That Time You Changed Things Up -- The phrase you didn’t know you needed to hear
We’re still not sure what the phrase actually meant at its origin. The words are entirely contradictory.
Annie D. Stutley
- Sep 11, 2020
- 8 min
That Time You Read the Bold Print, or 7 Awesome Dance Workouts and 1500 Other Words You Won't Read
In the history of this little blog that could, I have written three lists. Until today.
Annie D. Stutley
- Aug 28, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Kept the Miracle Going--The more vacations change, the more they stay the same
Vacations change, but do we?
Annie D. Stutley
- Aug 20, 2020
- 6 min
That Time You Knew Enough -- Coming-of-age as told by a mother for her daughter
I can’t help but ask if she’s setting herself up for just another one of life’s manipulative phases...
Annie D. Stutley
- Aug 14, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Learned Your Lesson -- Free will...friend or foe?
But I was doomed. And that became the day I learned what “guilty by association” meant.
Annie D. Stutley
- Jul 23, 2020
- 6 min
That Time You Told Them To Eat It -- Going from disaster to disaster fabulous
Can I say “eat it” to my child? Probably not. So I told it to her straight with a little drag.
Annie D. Stutley
- Jul 17, 2020
- 7 min
That Time Your Middle Finger Saved the World -- Your hand in ending a soapbox society
They were exhausted, close to hating each other, and definitely plotting my demise -- presumably by way of a rabid guinea pig.
Annie D. Stutley
- Jul 3, 2020
- 6 min
That Time You Were Caught (In a Game) -- Time's tricky tug-of-war
Thirteen years had come and gone, but heading down the drive after my pilgrimage, reminded of what wasn’t mine anymore.
Annie D. Stutley
- Jun 26, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Didn’t Force It -- A father’s advice in the midst of a nightmare
The three words that pulled me from a chronic nightmare
Annie D. Stutley
- Jun 17, 2020
- 8 min
That Time You Went Rogue -- It’s not the destination, Kid. It’s the journey.
Some of us are visionaries. And some of us are visionary overlords.
Annie D. Stutley
- Jun 5, 2020
- 6 min
That Time You Fell Down the Rabbit Hole -- When being yourself is the thrill of a lifetime
I wanted to be different because at the crux of every phase was the truth that I didn’t really know who I was enough to “be myself.”
Annie D. Stutley
- May 29, 2020
- 8 min
That Time You Were the Omega Dog -- What humans can learn from pack mentality
Maybe wolves and dogs aren’t assholes after all. Maybe they’re more like the rest of us?
Annie D. Stutley
- May 21, 2020
- 7 min
That Time You Made “The Face” -- Why we can’t accept compliments
When did a compliment go from fabulous to icky?