Life and other things I’m winging…
● Featured Article
-
My father had a fall in September 2025. And by December he was in hospice. He passed away on January 9, 2026. His funeral and celebration of life was this past weekend. It’s been a few days since my father’s celebration of life, and if I’m being honest, I’m still pissed. Time has a way…
● Latest Articles
-
The Fine Art of Friendship (and Trash-Talking Life)
Long-term friendships are like well-worn undies—comfy, a little stretched out, and possibly holding on by sheer force of will, but damn if they aren’t still…
-
Twenty Years and Still Obsessed
There are a lot of ways to describe love, but for me, it boils down to one simple truth: I am still completely obsessed with…
-
Why I Started Running (And Why 5.5 Miles on a Treadmill Is a Never-Ending Hamster Wheel of Death)
Look, I started running to cope with the stress of my healthcare career. Healthcare staffing through Covid and post-Covid is not for the weak. I…
-
The Perils of the Long Run: 20 Laps of Monotony, Footballs, and My Slowly Deteriorating Sanity
Saturday, I ran 5 miles. On a track. For the uninitiated, that means 20 relentless laps around the same oval of pure mental torture. Twenty.Fucking.Laps.…
● About Me
I’m Marissa – the author behind this blog. I write about my life – work, kids, cancer – all with a nugget of realism and a little twinge of hope. Enjoy!
Playfully True: Notes from a Not-So-Graceful Life 