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When I’m 64…
Let me preface this by saying that I do not think 64 is old at all, lest I receive angry phone calls from my parents. I’m sure if The Beatles were to write that song today, they’d adjust the age … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, elderly, grandma, grandparents, loss, nursing home, old age, worry
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Anything Can Happen
“But now I’ve seen it through/And now I know the truth/That anything could happen/Anything could happen” – Ellie Goulding, “Anything Could Happen” This week was absolute rubbish. To speak more bluntly, it sucked. There are countless reasons as to why it … Continue reading
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Tagged coincidence, Dr. Seuss, Ellie Goulding, faith, fate, frustration, God, manifest, revelation, Spirit, Universe
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This Side of Joy
Tucked away on my bookshelf is a picture of me when I was maybe three or four-years old sitting in an armchair and smiling broadly, holding a doll. My haircut is a bit awful, styled in a bowl-shape and there’s … Continue reading
Life, Back Then
A few weekends ago, I found myself in a car driving on familiar interstates taking me west and south. I felt the same excitement crossing over the Mississippi River (the best part of the trip), the same disdain at seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged college, Des Moines, I-80, Interstate 80 Truck Stop, Kansas City, memory, nostalgia, remembering the past
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Life, on Purpose
When I was 11 and Emily was sick, I’d pray fervently in the confines of my bedroom each night that I could trade places with my sister. “Please, God,” I’d plead. “Let me be sick and let her be OK.” … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, finding your purpose, life, meaning of life, prayer, purpose, self-help
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When Everything Changed
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” – Unknown She was born on Thursday, July 12, 1990. Today she would … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with grief, death, Down Syndrome, family, God, grief, loss, loss of a sibling, sisters
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It’s Raining In My Tent
Christmas 2011 I was gifted “The Calendar of Awesome” for 2012, a tear-away version of Neil Pasricha’s blog and best-selling books. Every day would offer a moment or observation to make you reflect, maybe smile, or admit “yeah, that IS … Continue reading
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Tagged awesome, Book of Awesome, camping, Neil Pasricha, rain, storms, tents
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We All Fall Down
Not quite a year ago, I pushed a seven-year old girl on a swing and froze. My low back had seized up and it felt as though I was being crushed under the weight of a brick house. I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, helplessness, massage, Muir Woods, pain, rehabilitation, stand tall, storm, strength, trees
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The Domestic Life, or Overwhelmed in the Aisles of Trader Joe’s
One of my proudest moments in the kitchen was back in college. Friends and I agreed to put together a potluck for Easter Sunday. I had volunteered to make a ham, perhaps only to impress my boyfriend John visiting from … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, food, grocery store, kitchen, meals, recipe, shopping, Trader Joe's
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Thief in the Night
Death came unexpectedly and uninvited into our lives one week this past October. All around us leaves blazed brilliant fiery shades of red, gold and orange. By its very nature, autumn represents a fading away of life, of the earth … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, death, death of a pet, grief, loss, loss of a pet, pet
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