Pretty Little Dumpster Fires

Writing started as a hobby for M.J. Parisian in her early thirties. Something to make her writing dreams seem a little more real while she navigated being a wife, mother, and skating coach. Her blog, Words to Live By, was an outlet for her and a few of her closest friends.

A place to vent.

A place to figure out this thing called parenting.

Fifteen years later, she has dusted off her favorite posts and republished them for you, here and now.

Find out why readers are drawn to her style of self-help writing, where she always tries to find the bright side of imperfections. Pretty Little Dumpster Fires is full of stories to remind us all that life is too short to be anything but grateful for every day.