I brace myself with the knowledge that in TV land, antics bring immunity.
I caught myself on my counter, but I'm certain that if I hadn't been standing in that perfect spot, I would have tried to brace myself with my knife hand, and accidentally sunk nine inches of Williams Sonoma steel deep into my own ribcage.
I sat with Ruth, bracing myself for the next step.
SO imagine my surprise when I showed up to our first date — nervous and sweaty, my body tense and brain jumpy, bracing myself for the first meeting with my future husband — and found a man unfamiliar to me in every way.
Early on, I was told to brace myself for life with multiple sclerosis, or even amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
First thing I'd say is that I didn't find him abrasive in the kind of caricatured way I'd often read about — and braced myself for, really, with excited anticipation.
I braced myself for a long wait with a copy of Monday's Media section of the Australian.
Now, let me admit that in preparation for my conversation with Robert I braced myself.
With this news, I braced myself for the next disaster.
Bracing myself, I come out with it: "Oni, do you have a boyfriend?" She waits a few beats, looks up at me and says, "Why would I need a boyfriend, Daddy, when I have you?" I figure any 10-year-old that can wrap her father around her finger with such finesse, is probably in a good enough place to have a boyfriend or two.
