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Keeping My Light On, Part 1
I lied. Sort of. In last Friday’s post I said that the reasons I had been letting negativity rub off on me were far too complex to share on this blog. Turns out that wasn’t true. The reasons felt...
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Feeling Blue
For most of my life, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with emotions. I had all sorts of tricks to keep them at bay, but found that I ultimately suffer more when I try to ignore or repress them. So...
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Blue is Beautiful
I was touched by the comments I received after writing about having the blues last Friday, and grateful for what they reminded me: I am not defective or any less valuable when I slip out of my normally...
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Releasing a Friend
Have you ever had a relationship where you liked the other person more than they liked you? Hmm, maybe I should reword that: How many times have you been in a relationship where you liked the other...
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Peace and My Voice
For several months I’ve wanted to sing for you, so when I learned that August’s Bloggers For Peace challenge focused on the intersection of peace and music, I was really excited. But, alas, I am not a...
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Days Like This
A favorite drug back in the day Days like this used to cause me to eat. Chocolate, ice cream, anything sweet (as long as it had chocolate in it). And extra bites and helpings of just about everything...
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Twisted
After eight long years, she received the all-clear signal, with her curves stabilized just one degree shy of needing spinal fusion surgery. 2005 was one of the craziest years of my life, so when my...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtapositions (in a stay at home mom’s life)
When Karen was 3 years old and Jamie only 6 months old (June 1998), I wanted to juxtapose their handprints. Jamie was too young to keep her hands open for the adventure, so her footprints had to do. By...
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Things That Make Me Go Hmmm
How I love the intrigue of things that make me go hmmm. My head delightedly noodles over endless questions: What’s it all about? Why is it like that? What was their motivation? Who thought it was a...
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It all started with abdominal cramps. Nothing major, barely noticeable, and surely they would pass within an hour or so. Except they didn’t. It was my first day of having the house to myself after my...
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