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Risking rejection
When I met my daughter’s first-grade teacher three years ago, I knew she was a kindred spirit. I just adore her. She is warm, funny, wise and generous. I always feel optimistic around her. When she...
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Over as soon it began?
I nearly abandoned this blog yesterday. A friend told me about a book that chronicles a challenge extremely similar to mine: My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir by Noelle Hancock. As I understand it, Noelle...
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Notes from beneath the tarp
The last time I felt the sting of a belly flop, my belly was considerably smaller. Recently I noticed a friend jumping off the diving board at our town pool. She is petite, blond, pretty and in great...
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They always come back!
It’s amazing how much shame is wrapped up in two numbers – my weight and my clothing size. At 43, my metabolism has seen better, faster days. I have dieted, exercised and lost as much as 35 pounds at a...
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Braving the blank page
Writing fiction doesn’t sound very daring, but clearly it scares the pants off me. Otherwise I wouldn’t try so hard to avoid it. O, the procrastination. Must straighten house! Must do paperwork! Must...
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No need to shout your sexual history
With two pregnancies and a gallbladder removal under my belt (pun intended), I am no stranger to needles. But I had never given blood before today. The thought of it always gave me the heebie-jeebies....
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We’ll always have vodka
My mother ran a perfect household. The house was always immaculate. She was a great cook. Her dinner parties went off without a hitch. I did not get that gene. My house is always covered in dog hair,...
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Double-dog dare me
There are a lot of days in one year. A paltry 20 days into my 365-day commitment, I am already panicking that my ideas will run out before the year does. So as I am planning ways to stretch my limits...
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The squeaky wheel gets the discount
Never let it be said that doing this blog doesn’t pay. Yesterday, the girls and I went back-to-school shopping at the mall, as did the rest of our country (or so it seemed). If you believe the...
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A difficult conversation
It’s hard for me to write this post because it involves the personal life of someone whose privacy I want to protect. I’ve been trying to write around the details for the last half-hour. Rather than...
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