Why I leave the lights on
The dark is all I saw through a winter that lasted for years until I finally left in the spring. And then, there was light.
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life
I got my dream job. Then I quit.
It’s probably not a surprise that I always wanted to be a writer. It’s all the things that came out of that dream that are surprising. And, just like most writers, it began with a love for reading.
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Dry July: What I Learned After 31 Days of Sobriety
After too many virtual happy hours, it was time for a change.
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Life is a mother
I’m in this super deep funk right now where I can’t see up from down. Sure, I can blame COVID, but this has been going on since way before we knew what it was like to SIP for months on end. In an attempt to purge myself of every block standing in the way of my writing, I’m going to be ultra vulnerable here and spew my stuff in this blog post. Get comfy. This is long.
How are you doing?
How are YOU doing? How are you holding up? What are you doing to care for yourself right now? What’s weighing on your mind?
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Six Weeks of Going Slow
I had big plans six weeks ago when we were ordered to shelter in place….
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This is 41
This is 41. This is lots of laughter, so much love, life done well, dreams coming true, and a peaceful soul, combined with moments of negativity, tears, impatience, discomfort, and fatigue. This is being human for 4 decades and feeling more myself with every year that passes. There’s so much more I want out of
Avoid a mental breakdown by adding margins to your life
I’m keeping this image huge so that you don’t miss it. I shared this from another page on my Facebook yesterday. It not only hit a nerve for me, it hit the nerve of people who came across it. How many of you can relate to this? Are there commitments you’ve made that are now
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How to change the world in 2017
2016 was a hard year, and like many, I felt rocked by everything that happened in the news, politics, violence across the nation and world, and the loss of so many icons. In 2017, my prayer is that we will stop being so divided. If we look at the world as a whole, things feel
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Gray hair, birthdays, and growing older with grace
This week, I celebrated another year around the sun. For those of you who have been reading along for a while, you may recall how much I struggle with birthdays every year. It started on the day I turned 31, and my reaction to that day took me by surprise. Before I turned 31, I
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