since feeling is first / who pays any attention / to the syntax of things / will never wholly kiss you...
for life's not a paragraph / and death, I think, is no parenthesis ~ e. e. cummings ~

I think periods and commas should go inside the quotation marks. But I'm learning that life doesn't always follow those rules. Sometimes, in fact, life is more like a run-on sentence, and I have to struggle to keep up, placing commas where I can to give myself a breather. I'm trying to stop fixating on "the syntax of things." Join me as I strive to live a life that is frugal and fulfilling.

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Who am I?

• wife of Andy
• crafter of words
• certified domestic goddess
• organizer extraordinaire
• lifelong bookworm and voracious reader
• proponent of the Oxford comma
• 4-way stop pedant
• wearer of cardigans
• feeder of people
• lover of earrings
• intown Atlanta resident (and proud of it!)
• cat mom (c'mon, she's cute!)
• frequent laugher