by Erin MacNair | Oct 27, 2016 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
I do believe in Karma. Not for large things, because obviously that doesn’t jive, you don’t get cancer because you have bad karma, and Hitler roamed free for quite a while without a giant boulder falling on his head like it should have. But little things, yes. My...
by Erin MacNair | Aug 24, 2016 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
“Why are you wearing a beret standing next to the Eiffel tower?” …more than one boyfriend asked. For many years, in my Mom’s kitchen, a photo montage of my collected photographs of Paris decorated the wall. I had brought my camera, my tripod, and my, um, yeah. My...
by Erin MacNair | Aug 9, 2016 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
I got one again, this time at Old Navy. It has almost happened before at this clothing emporium: something to do with the lighting and the fact that I can still smell the sweat off the backs of the tiny children making the clothing. All that cheap-ass stuff that is...
by Erin MacNair | Jun 23, 2016 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
So I found myself at the dentist again. Yes, again. They really like me there. I am paying for schooling, a midlife crisis car, and at least one cabin on a lake. I’m fairly sure they celebrate when I walk in the door, and maybe even close early to have champagne. But...
by Erin MacNair | Jun 7, 2016 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
My husband handed me his phone. “Here. I saved this for you, because, as a silly person, it’s something you’d appreciate.” I smiled at him, and took his phone. Silly person. If I needed to describe myself in two words, these would work. Then, right before we began our...
by Erin MacNair | May 16, 2016 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
“I’ve changed.” “It’s not you, it’s me.” “I’m not sure there’s anything we can do to fix this!” My husband and I have been going back and forth, trying to come up with a solution to our problem, yet neither one of us will give in. It’s me. I’m the problem. I...
