R is for Responses

• Where do all the socks go?
• There is a little known legend in Ireland about a wicked leprechaun who goes around stealing lone socks for the sole purpose of the delight he finds in watching the frustration of the stolen-from as they search and search for the mate of the leftover sock.  He is also responsible for the eventual suicide of aforementioned leftover sock when it realizes its lifelong mate will never return.  It's very sad.
• Why can't my children ever stay in bed?
• There is no answer to this.  Not enough Nyquil?
• Why do I have to sacrifice staying up late to get all the sleep I need?
• BECAUSE THE UNIVERSE IS WRONG!!!
• Who was the moron that cancelled Firefly?
• I don't know, but he should be beaten!!!  I miss Mal and Jayne and River and Simon and everyone!
• What are you hoping for?
• Organization. Success. Courage. Reconciliation. Growth.
• What are you afraid of and what can you do to conquer it?

• I am afraid of not being enough. I am always afraid of not being enough. The thing is, I know that's a lie, the idea that I'm not enough, and I know it's something I fear that isn't real. And yet, there it is.  Just stop giving it the right to exist, I guess.
• What have you lost? 
• Half the library books in the King County Library System. Truth.
• What are you looking for?
• Uhh, the same things I'm hoping for? Who wrote these questions, anyway?
• What can you always say about yourself?
• Hmm.  I can always say that I'm trying, that I'm looking for the bright side, and searching for the little bits of humor that are tucked into every life and situation. I can always say that I'm learning, and that even when the lessons are hard and painful, and even when I have to learn them over and over again, each time I learn a little more and I get a little wiser.
• What have you survived?
• Family setbacks, loss of friendship, prematurity (my children's, not my own), losing focus, starting over, IKEA
• What is ugliness?

• Being selfish, the inability to forgive, settling, cruelty to others... and yourself.
• What is beauty?
• The opposite of all that?  Kindness, innocence. Mercy and grace. A life fully lived. Wisdom. 
• What do you need more of in your life?
• Time! Also patience, understanding, drive, commitment, strength
• Less?
• Disorder, traffic, conflict, Justin Bieber.
• What is the most basic rule that you live by?
• It has become something like "It doesn't hurt me to be kind."
• What makes you unique?
• LOL  That I'm a mess?