… on definitive donuts and a bucket designed for happiness

At the end of the day… or week… or decade…  the reality of a rich, full life results, sometimes, in feeling a little poorer.  Grief over losing someone dear calls into question everything we allow into our lives — like a balance sheet of pros and cons or a record of wins and losses.  Sadness,…

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…on parking parallel in a perpendicular world

For some reason, I always excelled at parallel parking.  Why, I am not sure.  I grew up on a farm where we pulled our cars across the barnyard to get in or out of the driveway.  I lived in a small town where the number of spots around the town square probably equaled the number…

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…on how if you can’t even, cant

I can’t even…. I hear these words often from fellow mothers when looking at pictures of their children that pop up on Facebook’s time hop.  Like, “I can’t even deal with how cute she was” or “I can’t even believe how much he has grown”.  So when unpacking a box of Christmas things from years…

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…on how the old me knew me

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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