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Edit Button Activate! Edit Button Activate!! Too Late.

She started it. Of course, I’m over twelve, so there’s really no justification in that. “Your setting a bad example for your daughter, you know.” What??? There were so many things wrong with that one...

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If You’re Bored, Then You’re Boring. Or Maybe Just Lucky.

Maybe I have a higher threshold for boredom than the average person. Or maybe it’s not a threshold as much as it’s a natural inclination to fill my time with something. I just do things. I don’t have...

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Did I Just Stage My Own Death?

I’ve never been that hot with social interaction. I’ve always been a bit introverted and awkward. But my good person/bad person radar has always been spot on. I’ve always been able to trust my...

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Mother’s Day, From the Middle of the Sandwich

Today is Mother’s Day. It’s one of the days I am most aware of the compression that comes from being the center of this generational sandwich. I’m a Mom, I should have something lovely today. And of...

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Busting Out of the Great Pretend

Pretty much everyone has a milestone marker – a pivot point from which there is a before and an after. Marriage, divorce, a move, the birth of a child, a hard decision – whatever the event, it’s a post...

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Introducing: The Look of Death

My mother had this look. My brother and I called it The Look of Death. To be on the receiving end of it meant that the fury of nine Hells was about to be visited upon us. We didn’t always know what...

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Dealing With the Devil

I haven’t had a medical procedure performed in 22 years. This is a significant fact because by now I should be nearly bionic. I should have had both knees replaced, a shoulder surgery, a hip...

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There Are No Words. Just Gratitude.

It is not often I am without words. In fact, I am not sure it has ever happened before.  I have wanted to write this post for days, but couldn’t, because there were no words. Other senses have left me...

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