Stories to encourage and inspire… from the all encompassing heart of a mother
To tell the truth, I should have known better. I mean, doing a post about parenting a pre-teen through the perilous waters of social media is just asking for trouble, right? I knew opening the conversation would open the door for me to be judged for my choices and place my daughter’s newsfeed under…
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There is nothing like middle school to fire up the angst engine… for parents. Sure, sure… my daughter was nervous the first week worrying about what she would wear and doing her hair and trying out for volleyball but, 10 days into the school year it has already eased up for her. The anxiety I…
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It’s a simple photo. A single microphone on a stage brought to life by the spotlight. There are no humans in the shot but the image, taken at a music festival this past weekend, brought me to tears. It is quite dramatic… and I am not a musician, but I felt moved by the power…
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Be like my dog, Shiner, and own what stinks. But… if you must blame someone, #blamebill. I tip my hat to him for being willing to make change.
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Somewhere between early September and late October, last year, something in my life shifted. Imperceptibly, at first, but I must have made a wish, or something, that changed the degree of an internal guidance system, just enough, to land me, in a basket on a dirt track next to a paintball course, a long,…
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It’s one of my favorite lines in a movie, maybe ever. It’s a statement made by a donkey, voiced by Eddie Murphy, in the animated 2001 fairy tale, Shrek. For those of you who may have been living under a rock for the last 17 years, it’s about an ogre, with a Mike Myers…
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A couple of months ago, I was headed to Denver to participate in my third women’s empowerment conference, called Emerging Women Live, and this year I needed a photo of myself. While I had flexed my event management muscles as a part of the volunteer staff the prior two years, this year was going to…
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“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”. This phrase has been going through my head a great deal recently as there are two small lakes in front of my home. Filled. With Geese. Their migrational pattern has landed them, literally, in my front yard and I have begun watching them, intently, because…
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