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A Moment of Thankfulness

Story time. But first, let me set the stage. Michael likes to chill in bed on Saturday mornings and watch his favorite 90-minute show. He’s comfy there and has everything he needs, so I don’t worry too much about him when he’s laying down. He wears Apple AirPods, uses a Mac, and we have a […]

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On Seuss and Other Things

I’m here to acknowledge a regular guy.Well, he really was famous, we all can see why.He wrote in some pages, drew pictures in booksThat we all loved to read in our little book nooks. He shaped how we saw words and rhymes and the world.Nothing really was real in those colorful swirlsAnd those fanciful pictures […]

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Always Teaching

There are a lot of things that happen in life just because that’s how life is in our world. Some of these things seem crummy and some of them seem fantastic. Almost always, the bad things seem to come out of nowhere, catching us by surprise. When my husband lost his job about five weeks […]

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I’m Slow

I’m slow at pretty much everything. I procrastinate. I take my time. I want it to be perfect. I don’t want to rush. I’m slow at picking up the latest trends. I don’t usually acquire latest fashions until years after they become a thing, if at all. And I remember that when my family went […]

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It’s Your Story

You know when people are asked about their experience with something and instead of telling what they felt or experienced, they start talking with a depersonalized “you:” You feel like… You start thinking that… It makes you want to… But what they really mean is “I”? I felt… I started thinking that… It made me […]