Marly Unmarginated
Poems, ponderings, and bits of life's beautiful chaos.
Category: In the Thick of It
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“Not a single adult asked me if I could run fast in my new shoes today. Being an adult is stupid” This quote stopped me in my tracks. The other day I put on brand new shoes. Shiny, squeaky, full of possibility. And you know what? Not a single person asked me if I could…
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Well folks….sharpen your pencils and your patience because it is back to school time! That magical season where Target aisles look like a battle zone, lunchboxes loom and moms everywhere are clinging to coffee (in my case Dr. Pepper) like it’s the lifeline it truly is. I’ve got one grown daughter out there adulting (God…
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I’ve made mistakes. Big ones. Small ones. Loud ones that echoed. Quiet ones that gnawed at me in the dark The kind that keep you up at night replaying every detail, and the kind that sneak up years later with a sting of ” I should’ve known better.” And you know what? I regret them.…
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A space for the in-between, where mess becomes meaning and you are already enough. Hi, I’m Marly. And if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t quite fit in, like you were somehow too much and not enough all at once, this space is for you. I created Marly Unmarginated because between the lines, things are…