“We really need to get going on your 2025 tax return, due date is getting close.” This is what the email said on September 26… the extension deadline, that is. Why? Why do I do this to myself? It isn’t like I didn’t already pay in all the taxes I owe earlier. … [Read more...] about Confessions of an Equal Opportunity Procrastinator
About Sue Miley
The Lie That Didn’t Count
Dana told her husband she was having dinner with her sister. She was actually at the office. Eight o’clock at night, shoes kicked off under the desk, eating Wheat Thins out of the box and finishing a proposal that was due in the morning. If you’d asked her right then, she’d … [Read more...] about The Lie That Didn’t Count
I Could Have Kept My Cool If You Were Mad at Me
I walk into the LSU library after a long, sleepless night. I am late to work. I am never late. I am already rehearsing what I will say when somebody notices, because somebody always notices. The swinging door that leads into the book checkout area closes behind me. That is the … [Read more...] about I Could Have Kept My Cool If You Were Mad at Me
Why God Is My Best Counselor—Especially at 2 A.M.
I am sitting across from someone who could and should be a trusted advisor. I start to share something I am struggling with. Then realize, mid-sentence, that I am not making eye contact. This feels foreign to me. I try to force my gaze back, but I am still looking past them. … [Read more...] about Why God Is My Best Counselor—Especially at 2 A.M.
This Will Not Be Me
“Mom, you have to eat something.” I have made three things, and she won’t eat any of them. “I need my coffee.” “Ok, but you need to eat something.” I bring her a cup of coffee. She takes one sip and makes a face like she just drank dirt. “It needs sugar.” “Mom, I … [Read more...] about This Will Not Be Me
It’s Never Too Late to Change – Late Diagnosed ADHD
“ADD doesn’t necessarily impact the person that has it, they are fine, but it definitely affects what the rest of us that have to live with them,” my son-in-law said, blaming my daughter’s ADD for how long it was taking them to get out the door and back to Birmingham. I sit … [Read more...] about It’s Never Too Late to Change – Late Diagnosed ADHD
