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A Mother’s Day Pact
Mother to Mother, let me wish you a Happy Mother’s Day, and allow me to give you a gift. It’s not a massage or a handmade card or even a nice dinner. As a matter of fact, it’s the antithesis … Continue reading
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I was told recently that, like coffee, I’m an acquired taste. Which I would imagine was intended to offend me or at the very least put me in my place. Ten years ago I might have been both offended and … Continue reading
Life Lessons from 1983
The 8th Grade Dinner Dance was the biggest thing I could imagine to end my tenure as a middle schooler. We didn’t all take dates but we did get dressed up in what our mothers would have called our Sunday … Continue reading
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Songs to Live For.
Like a lot of things, my ability to sing is somewhere just above cringe worthy and below I’d pay to see that. I’d suggest it improves greatly with a few shots of Grey Goose to either me or my audience … Continue reading
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I did not greet motherhood with the grace I had hoped for. As a matter of full disclosure, I distinctly remember looking over at the baby in the bassinet beside my hospital bed and thinking, “That’s a cute baby” as … Continue reading
Sweating (and swearing) through the Winter of My Discontent
It’s one of the coldest winters in recent history. So cold, in fact, that the weather people have taught us all a new phrase: Arctic Vortex. It is so cold that when asked how they are, people don’t even reply, … Continue reading
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You Were Awesome (and other lies we tell our kids).
It’s almost cruel that we expect our children to accept us as the flawed adults we really are. We spend so much of their early years convincing them they should listen to us and follow our direction only to admit … Continue reading
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I Refuse to Like Country Music, I Refuse.
It frustrates my husband that I won’t become a country music fan. I can be slightly flexible, I love Rascal Flatts, I can hang in for a few Toby Keith songs, I think that tall guy that judges on the … Continue reading
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Tagged change, confidence, courage, family, getting older, life lessons, love, marriage, musings, relationships, women
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My Springtime Thank Yous
Spring is near. Which makes me feel hopeful. I’m not a fan of winter. As a matter of fact, I don’t like it at all. I don’t like being cold, I don’t like snow, truth be told, I don’t even … Continue reading
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