Author Archives: saralinespeaks

CW: Rape, retraumatization, violence against women Yesterday morning I sat in court as someone very dear to me recounted the story of her rape. She did this so that the man who attacked her couldn’t get his record expunged. He wanted to pretend that what he did never happened. And so my friend had toContinue reading “No, It’s Not Fair”

Believe it or not everyone, I am a bit of a control freak. “That surprises literally no one.” you might say. Or, “I saw your picture on a google search of the term control freak.” But in my defense I would respond, “I have had to take care of me, by myself, for a longContinue reading “Ebb & Flow”

Ok, so first, if the store doesn’t organize by size what you are going to want to do is turn around, walk out the door, go to your car and not shop there. Seriously, do not waste your time. Unless you are incredibly patient and confident it will be so so discouraging to dig throughContinue reading “The Big Body Guide to Thrifting”

Did you know that we have as many neurotransmitters in our gut as a cat has in their brain? A weird fact, which I interpret to mean that we have a lot of ways to “think” that are outside our brains. When you are early in forming a judgement about the safety or desirability ofContinue reading “Red Flag, Green Flag, You Flag, Me Flag”

In the episode Aging is Awesome? we talked about the strangeness of this middle time in our lives. It made me think of someone very dear to me and think about my current context in the timeline of my life. I wrote a poem for this space. Because sometimes feelings are best described in figurativeContinue reading “The Weird Middle”

I am going home. Because I’m grouchy and tired. Then I’ll masturbate. I apologize, For calling you Timothy. When clearly you’re Jeff. Once upon a time, two or more people had sex, and it was awkward. Let’s have sexy times.  There is nothing on Netflix, that I want to watch.  Sometimes sex is nice. ButContinue reading “Sexy Haikus”

TW: Miscarriage Grace, our first child, was due on December 27th. When we found out that we were having a “Christmas Baby” we laughed and rolled our eyes. Being on staff at a church means that December is a terrible time of year to give birth – it’s kind of like expecting a baby inContinue reading “The Sacred Art of Napping”

I am grumpy a lot of time. I make jokes about it but, seriously, kinda grumpy a lot. I will probably flake on plans once in awhile. I don’t ever intend to but I just run out of resources and I can’t people any more. And when I can’t people it is best for meContinue reading “Dear Potential Friend,”

Caroline 10/22/19 Creating a thing is a strange conversation that occurs between the voices in your head. The thing you’re creating usually pipes up at some point. You, of course, can’t avoid the sound of your critics. The imagined words of your denigrators and the hoped for cheers of your supporters. All of these voicesContinue reading “Something to Say”