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Weary Dream

Sometimes I dream about the days when they’ll be gone and I’ll be free. No more cutting hair and nails or the crusts off their sandwiches. I often start daydreaming when my sons are both yelling at me. “Don’t yell … Continue reading

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More than an Afterhought

Walk through your home and – not with a mindset of nagging criticisms, but with love, care, and affection you’d give to a friend over coffee who sharing the ways they’d like to, say, drink more water, date better guys, … Continue reading

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My Grandma, the Pilot

When her youngest graduated from college, my grandmother decided she wanted to be a pilot. She completed ground school, but that’s as far as she went. When we grandchildren were born, she was widowed, living on a teacher’s salary in … Continue reading

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Write It Down

Do you really think you’ll remember that funny thing your toddler said this morning by dinnertime, much less a couple of decades from now? And why are we trusting our brains, which have been through enough lately, to remember exactly what we … Continue reading

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How Did I Get Here ?

To this day I can’t make sense of how, but it always worked out. It sounded crazy, but I thrived in the stress of those early days…Belief in something that seems downright impossible, that’s when I thrive most. Try this … Continue reading

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