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The Unopened Gift
I’ve been thinking lately about change. There are two types of change: the kind you initiate and the kind you don’t. Some people will never initiate any kind of change in their own life. They are still...
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No Such Thing As Small Change
Years’ worth of small change can really add up! I hate carrying change around in my wallet. My purse is heavy enough without my having to lug coins everywhere with me. So, for years, I’ve removed the...
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Do You Have The Chops?
That’s me…jumping over fire at the Warrior Dash (which for me was really less of a dash and more of a warrior partial jog) “Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
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The Forest For The Trees
The beginning of a grand new chapter… Back to school time in our house, like many other homes, is marked by stress, uncertainty, and readjustment. Aside from the usual tension surrounding school...
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Queue George Michael’s 1990 Hit…FREEDOM!
Harry Flufferpants, Esq. One of the best things that has come from our sons’ beginning at a new school is the stress it’s taken out of my life. For years our boys were struggling to keep up in class,...
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Zen and the Art of Bunniness
In the Galapagos, Luke and a Nazca booby take a moment to appreciate each others’ unique and meaningful existence. Like many people these days, I practice yoga. My journey began a little over four...
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Release The Bunnies
This rose is a symbol of my promise to myself to be brave…even in the face of the scariest things in life…like family. This afternoon, we hosted my family for Easter dinner. With my sister Julie tucked...
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Chrysalis
There’s a ray of hope. I can see it. “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~Maya Angelou I am a first class stuffer. I...
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Mid-Century and the Mona Lisa
Forgot to take a photo of the house, so here’s a photo of my son holding a light beer instead. That works, right? My sister and her husband have been house hunting. They sold their house last month and...
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The Silence That Gave Me A Headache
When five days became five years… I dropped our boys off for summer camp high in the Colorado Rockies this past Monday. It was a first for all of us, their first time going away alone (although they...
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Ripping the Band Aid Off Slowly
Sunset over our big backyard We spent most of our weekend cleaning out the home we lived, loved, laughed, and lazed in for thirteen years as we witnessed the growth of our young boys. The home lists...
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In Or Out Already!
Should I stay or should I go now? I took this photo today because I noticed the light and shadow and angles and reflections in the doorway as I walked to my bedroom. There was something elegant in the...
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Roll With It
Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. ~Pema Chodron Sunrise on Haleakala with a couple hundred of strangers Yesterday, I dropped my wedding band on the wood floor in our...
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