Oh no. That’s what I thought to myself as the clock ticked closer to the cut-off point of a clip from Jerry Maguire, this morning’s edition of the At The Movies series at our church, seconds closer to when I had set the video up to automatically shut off, right before Cuba Gooding, Jr. announces,ContinueContinue reading “Just Call Me Sarah "All Heart" Wells”
Author Archives: Sarah M. Wells
Well, Hello There
Would ya look at that? It’s been a month. The MFA summer residency was here and then gone, those two weeks that last two months and then feel like just days once it’s over. I think it might have been the smoothest residency we’ve run since 2007, which is saying something, since I was alsoContinueContinue reading “Well, Hello There”
Confidence vs. Arrogance
Any time I write about self-image, weight lifting, exercising, our diets, publications, and anything at all happy, the following thoughts ricochet about in my brain after hitting “publish” on my blog:People are going to think I’m arrogant and self-centered with all this, “Look how joyful and healthy I am” stuff.Am I arrogant and self-centered?I better write aContinueContinue reading “Confidence vs. Arrogance”
A Little Heavy Lifting Goes a Long Way
I started a new workout regimen a few weeks ago after months of doing hardly anything at all except an occasional yoga class. I had a hard time figuring out when I could fit in exercise during the spring without running from work to pick up the kids from daycare, to cook dinner, to eat,ContinueContinue reading “A Little Heavy Lifting Goes a Long Way”
Looking for the Goods
First off, sarahmwells.com is broken, and I’m unhappy about it. I kept hoping it would reset itself or just reappear, and after multiple attempts to contact customer service people at Google and at GoDaddy.com, I have given up, deleted the domain name entirely, and with any luck it’ll become available again in the next coupleContinueContinue reading “Looking for the Goods”
Why Do We Need Men?
So there’s news flitting about that women are increasingly the leading or sole breadwinners in the American family. In most cases, this means more and more families are being raised by a single mom with an absent father, or the reason mom is the breadwinner is because dad can’t find work. It isn’t because a couple satContinueContinue reading “Why Do We Need Men?”
Binge Dating
It is my husband’s final weekend of work for a couple of months after spending the last ten months on the road. It feels like he’s been gone all of the time, even though I know it was more like 3-4 day stretches with the occasional crazy mixed in there (see “The First Step IsContinueContinue reading “Binge Dating”
About "Field Guide to Resisting Temptation"
Today, a short essay I wrote appears on Brevity, a journal for brief nonfiction, called “Field Guide to Resisting Temptation.”I wrote this essay after it occurred to me for the first time that I could be the one to screw up my marriage. Even though my husband and I had talked about temptation abstractly, about bar scenes andContinueContinue reading “About "Field Guide to Resisting Temptation"”
Romantic Comedies and Reality
After chasing Henry around the softball field and putting the kids to bed, after downing glass #1 of wine and eating two chunks of dark chocolate, I am now reclined with feet propped indulging further in one of my favorite romantic comedies, French Kiss, with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.My favorite romantic comedies all haveContinueContinue reading “Romantic Comedies and Reality”
Tragedy and Faith
Every tragedy is like a defibrillator to faith, something that shocks my system and leaves me needing to work out the circuits all over again, to try to reconnect and return to a healthy rhythm. It resurrects the same doubts and questions about good and evil, faith and fear, that humankind has battled for all of time. Tragedy isContinueContinue reading “Tragedy and Faith”
Sarah Marie Wells 