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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 2:29:54 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Voices in My Head:
Melinda said, "I’m a writer, which implies that I spend a sizeable chunk of my day staring off into space or glowering at my laptop, stabbing at its keys in hopes of crafting coherent sentences on occasion. For me, the process of … Continue reading →"
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:03:32 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Exhaust the Little Moment:
Melinda said, "Without question, I am the most incompetent individual using Snapchat on the planet today, a Neanderthal when it comes to hi-tech forums for sharing photos and videos via smartphones and the like. I know this to be true because my … Continue..." more
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:36:50 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Namaste for Dummies:
Melinda said, "Here we are, in the thick of February—a time at which I should be comfortably settling into the exercise routine I ostensibly adopted on New Year’s Day. But such is not the case. For whatever reason, I found Groundhog Day … Continue..." more
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 10:26:04 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Valentine’s Day in the Trenches of Parentville:
Melinda said, "Somewhere in the great continuum of life, my children evolved from toddlers to teens—seemingly overnight. And although I don’t miss the blur of early parenthood, projectile vomiting or the abundance of Legos I trod upon in the dead of night,..." more
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 8:03:38 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled It’s in the Bag:
Melinda said, "I have a love-hate relationship with my purse—every purse I’ve ever owned, actually. My current bag-of-choice is ridiculously overloaded, unwieldy on its best day and represents just one more thing in my life that I need to haul around as..." more
Sunday, January 24, 2016 2:51:00 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled New Year, Same Old Resolutions:
Melinda said, "It’s January—time to make a comprehensive list of all the areas in our daily lives that desperately need improvement, or at the very least, tweaking. For many of us, that means dusting off the list we made LAST year. I … Continue reading..." more
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 2:38:18 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Dads and Daughters: Love and Loss:
Melinda said, "I hated feeling powerless. As if there was nothing I could do to positively affect anything in the universe, let alone my dad’s pain and suffering. Yet that’s exactly how I felt as I stood beside my ailing father’s bedside..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 4:54:32 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled The Twelfth of Never:
Melinda said, "My refrigerator is the center of my universe, the heart and soul of my very being and the hub of all that defines my world. Not because of the Jack cheese and leftover potato salad contained within, but because of … Continue reading →"
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 4:05:05 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Merry and Bright. Sort Of.:
Melinda said, "I love indoor Christmas lights. Tiny white ones, more specifically—the sort that cast a soft glow at dusk, filling a darkened room with ambient warmth, reminding me that it was totally worth risking life and limb to hang them atop … Continue..." more
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 9:46:04 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Beautiful Mess:
Melinda said, "Sometimes the stuff we need to hear from our children is muddled or falls to the ground, silent as snowflakes. Other times, those gems of communiqué are deafening, delivering messages that are both unfiltered and unapologetic. Still other times,..." more
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 10:23:23 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled A Curious Harvest of Thanks:
Melinda said, "Thanksgiving is nearly upon us—that grand and glorious season of thankfulness. I’d like to think I appreciate the people and circumstances that give me pause year round, but like so many others, I get caught up in life’s hectic pace, …..." more
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:00:49 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled If the Sock Fits, Marry It:
Melinda said, "I’ve been married some 27 years, 19 of which to the same wonderful man. In that span of time I’ve come to the conclusion that a successful marriage doesn’t have as much to do with an abiding love as it … Continue reading →"
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 9:37:48 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Dust Happens:
Melinda said, "I have an aversion to housework—especially dusting. It’s just so completely exhausting, what with all the moving-of-stuff and then with the putting-it-all-back nonsense. What’s more, I can never remember how I had it all arranged before I..." more
Thursday, November 5, 2015 9:32:20 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled November’s Sweet Indulgence:
Melinda said, "I’m not particularly fond of November—that dreary block of time wedged between the fullness of fall and the magic of winter. As calendars go, it is the Dead Zone for me. Except for evergreens, the landscape will soon grow barren … Continue..." more
Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:01:43 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled All Hallows Eve…The End is Near:
Melinda said, "I’ve been informed it’s over—my brood’s love affair with trick-or-treating, that is. I knew it would happen eventually. I just wasn’t expecting it to happen now, seemingly minutes before Halloween. It’s possible I’ll need weeks of..." more
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:28:27 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled It Takes a Village…to Find My Husband’s iPhone:
Melinda said, "My husband suffers from a debilitating character flaw—namely, that he loses things with disturbing regularity. That is not to say that the items in question remain lost forever. Sometimes, when the universe is agreeable, he finds them. Or at least..." more
Thursday, October 8, 2015 11:20:07 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled You Might Be a Band Parent If…:
Melinda said, "Fall is upon us. Time for corn mazes and jack o’ lanterns, flannel shirts and apple cider, football and marching bands. But let us not forget, ‘tis the season for band parents, too. In the spirit of identifying with the … Continue reading..." more
Thursday, October 1, 2015 11:16:10 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled The Dog That Came to Stay:
Melinda said, "It was his eyes that got me. Deep pools of espresso dappled with specks that reminded me of caramel. I hadn’t even reached through the cage to caress his indescribably soft ears yet, a practice I would come to revere … Continue reading..." more
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11:40:32 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Dear Departed Summer:
Melinda said, "Seems like just yesterday… I am a poster child for parenting ineptitude. And at no time does it become more painfully apparent than during the first few weeks of school—when I look back over the vast expanse of summer and realize …..." more
Friday, August 21, 2015 6:26:37 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Neighborhood in Five Easy Steps:
Melinda said, "STEP 1: Adopt a Home Owner’s Association and fill its board primarily with self-important individuals who are more than happy to tell you what’s wrong with your house and the people who live inside it, effectively sucking every ounce of …..." more
Saturday, August 1, 2015 9:34:52 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer:
Melinda said, "I don’t remember my summers as a kid being the least bit hectic, never mind structured. As I recall, summer was an exercise in deliverance and spontaneity—an intoxicating river of endless days and weeks, blurred at the edges, verdant at …..." more
Thursday, July 9, 2015 1:40:26 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Sweet Dreams:
Melinda said, "Seems like yesterday when I penned this piece…and lived this life… Putting a child to bed at a reasonable hour has never been my forte. Okay, it’s at the bottom of the list, hovering slightly above ice sculpting and changing …..." more
Monday, June 15, 2015 5:01:54 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Ten Ways to Say “Thank you, Dad”:
Melinda said, "Fathers come in all shapes and sizes, temperaments and talents. On the whole, I’d daresay they are a thankless lot—often underappreciated, largely misunderstood—an entire populace of men rarely acknowledged for the many and varied ways in..." more
Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:42:17 AM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Deliverance:
Melinda said, " Now to find a home for my baby… #sweetjesushelpmefindanagent #amwriting #parenting #humor #humorwriting #twins #deliverance #greatadvicefornewparents #funread #atthecornerofirreverenceandoversharingFiled under: In the Trenches of..." more
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:23:55 PM
Melinda Wentzel wrote a blog post titled Trust Me; The FBI Wouldn’t Want my iPhone:
Melinda said, "I have an iPhone, similar to the one that caused the hullabaloo in the news cycle in recent weeks. As you might recall, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the issue of privacy and national security as it … Continue reading →"