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Relationships

I have plans…

April 19, 2011

I really want to get back to blogging again – aka writing. I’m sorry if you are one of my three followers and I’ve neglected you. Honestly, the last year and a half has been so crazy, so full of all sorts of emotions and personal stuff that I really haven’t wanted to blog about [...]

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The Path Ahead

January 23, 2011

What lies along the path ahead, at least in the short term, is known. Longer term: unknown. I suppose that’s how it goes with everything in life. We’re getting ready for my youngest daughter to have another major abdominal surgery on Tuesday (1/25/11). She is really stressed out about this one and worried about just [...]

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I’m still not a nurse

December 12, 2010

My very first post on my very first blog was on December 2006. I posted about how my youngest daughter had been ill and had to have surgery for an incarcerated hernia on Christmas night. Here we are, nearly four years later, and my daughter is again in the hospital. A friend sent me a [...]

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Subliminal Messaging

December 6, 2010

It’s really hard to fight off the advertising that bombards you during the holiday season: “Give her a gift she’ll treasure for a lifetime” “Show your loved ones you love them by buying…” The message I hear is that your life is less than perfect if you don’t have the right car, ring, partner, kids, [...]

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Remembering My Dad

November 19, 2010

It’s been 17 years, but sometimes it feels like I saw my dad yesterday. November 19, 1993 my father went to what he called “the big meeting in the sky”. He was a spiritual giant in his later years, and that’s saying a lot, because he died at 64. In this picture, he’s sailing with [...]

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Been Unfriended Lately?

August 20, 2010

I recently had someone unfriend* me on Facebook. I didn’t expect it at all. Even though I didn’t want to have a romantic connection with this person, I’d hoped they could remain my friend. Evidently that was too much for this person, and that’s okay – their choice – and I respect that. I can’t [...]

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Progress not Perfection

August 12, 2010

This was the topic this week at Weight Watchers. I found that interesting because this is a phrase I heard in my family long before I joined Weight Watchers. The whole premise of the topic was to use various measures of success in your weight loss journey as feedback not failure (particularly if you didn’t [...]

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We Had Summer Today.

June 12, 2010

We have had the worst Spring here in Washington State that I can recall since I moved here in 1988. It’s seemed like we’ve had nearly constant rain – for weeks. It’s probably not really the worst, it just feels that way because it’s happening to us now. Today we had a peek at remembering [...]

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50th Birthday Recap – From My Daughter’s Eyes

May 31, 2010

Have your tissues handy. I was unprepared, but this post gets printed and tucked away safe – it’s already tucked away close to my heart. Cindy – I love you. I want the whole world to know just how lucky *I* am to have you for a daughter. Read here.

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Girls, it’s never too late

May 22, 2010

I’ve been single most of my life. I’ve been married twice, but both those marriages were short and unfulfilling – and that’s probably an understatement. I won’t go into details, but in a way, I’m grateful they happened because it’s helped me be who I am today. Those earlier relationships, while horrible, painful, and emotionally [...]

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