A few weeks ago, my husband and I were at a party when one of our friends started a conversation about his theory that everyone has a phobia and everyone has a vice. He asked what ours were. The answer to the first part is easy - I'm claustrophobic. The second half was a little harder. Initally, I wanted to say alcohol, but I was afraid that would sound like I had a problem. So, I asked my husband what he thought. He hesitated and I said, "well, I almost said alcohol," and quickly, he said "I was going to say wine." Clearly, he didn't want to offend me or sound like he was implying something bad. He went on to explain that it wasn't so much wine as the "experience." He described how my whole demeanor changes from the minute I take out the corkscrew and start opening the bottle. How he sees my wholel body relax. And I chimed in that it had to be in a large, red wine glass. He said, "sometimes I think it could be water in the glass and she would be just as happy."
It might sound crazy, but this was a pretty monumental conversation. I feel like one of those light bulbs in cartoons appeared over my head. I put down the cheap wine I was drinking out of the small plastic glass and made a conscious decision not to drink/eat/put things in my home/wear things that I don't love. I don't like bad wine. I don't like drinking any wine out of plastic glasses. But I do love wine. And big red wine glasses. I don't know a lot about it beyond what tastes good to me. I would like to know more, though, so last week, I ordered two wine tasting books off of Amazon and I went down the road to the neighborhood liquor store and asked for a bottle of reasonably priced wine that I had a restaurant recently - that I loved.
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One mother and wife's attempt to reconcile her faith, her femininity and her independence. I have it all, now what do I do with it?
I am a mother of two boys. I am a recovering lawyer and a wife. I am a Christian and some would consider me a liberal. I usually vote Democrat.
I am part of a unique generation of women who are living in the implications of feminism. We've been told all our lives that we could have it all, so we got it all, and now we don't know what to do with it. This is part of my attempt to make sense of that. If you want to read about what started this all, here is my first post.
I am part of a unique generation of women who are living in the implications of feminism. We've been told all our lives that we could have it all, so we got it all, and now we don't know what to do with it. This is part of my attempt to make sense of that. If you want to read about what started this all, here is my first post.
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