If you are an old friend and reader from my past, welcome back. You know the drill: don\u2019t take anything I say too seriously but know I speak (mostly) truth. It\u2019s great to see you again.<\/p>\n
If you are new to this side of the picket fence, welcome. If you are reading this for the first time, you probably just read an annotated version of Thelma and Louise’s Summer Adventure Series<\/a> or I got arrested and the evening news just referenced this blog as evidence of my weakened mental state. Spoken truth as well.<\/p>\n In either case, I believe some reintroductions are in order.<\/p>\n Hi, I\u2019m Tracey. Or Suburban Diva, and I\u2019m a kidder from way back. This blog is so old in fact, that it was around before there were blogs\u2014just thoughts written on internet sites that no longer exist in the dark ages of 2002. It has been featured there, on various other websites, my own, a syndicated newspaper column, a monthly magazine, a book, and no doubt in psychiatric journals across the globe. It has mostly been a light-hearted pursuit through motherhood<\/a>, suburbia<\/a>, cooking<\/a>, holidays<\/a>, politics<\/a>, travel<\/a>, spousal transcripts<\/a>. Occasionally, more serious subjects are addressed like oddly specific medical advice<\/a> and missing my mom<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some things are evergreen, and some things have changed. We\u2019ve relocated from Florida to Nashville (like a million years ago, where have you been?) and we\u2019ve got a college student, high schooler, middle schooler and elementary student among our ranks these days. Sean is still solidly my co-star on this cast of crazies, and I\u2019ve somehow talked Louise into a recurring role. And of course, Mrs. Kravitz, (we all have a Mrs. Kravitz) follows me to every neighborhood.<\/p>\n Another solid fact with no alternative? This place has brought me a lot of joy and connected me to some really great people in real life, and hopefully you\u2019ve shared a few laughs or tears with me along the way.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s see if we can bring some of that to 2017. <\/p>\n I think we all could use a little.<\/p>\n \u00a92017 Tracey Henry<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are an old friend and reader from my past, welcome back. You know the drill: don\u2019t take anything I say too seriously but know I speak (mostly) truth. It\u2019s great to see you again. If you are new to this side of the picket fence, welcome. 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