Wednesday, June 17, 2020

recognizing the relativity of time & age

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Never before have I been reminded as often as I have in the past few weeks, that time is relative. It is a concept that isn't exact and...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

the ugly face of a mother's love

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My relationship with my first-born daughter Lee has been giving me nightmares. I hate it when my fear whispers into my dreams, wrapping i...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

one of those days

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Was going to sleep in, after can’t-count-how-many days of getting up early.  Alas, more z-s weren't in the stars for me today. ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

if you want your kids to remember you one day, be a monster (apparently)

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This evening, as I sat with my daughters at the dining room table, engaged in post-dinner conversation, with the occasional interjected ord...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

inner religious turmoil (but not really)

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I am sitting here ... it's Easter Sunday, the weather is unbelievably perfect, all my windows are open to let in a beautiful, warm cros...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

you should do this

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If someone were to ask you to describe the perfect day in a most perfect future, would you be able to do it? I've heard about this exer...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

charity is supposed to make you feel good...

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I just finished organizing a charity event that left me entirely too bitter about the state of humanity. It was a free family portrait day ...
Monday, January 02, 2017

what i woke up to this morning (straight from my head onto paper it went)

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It is the last free day before school starts again and I will be returned to a forced schedule of daily 6 a.m. risings. I lay in bed with my...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

dreaming small for the new year

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Last New Year's Eve I spent alone at home, convincing myself that I don't need no-stinkin'-body to have a good time. Well, .. wh...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

gilmore girls spoiler causes injury to helpless mom

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I've tried to refrain from binge-watching the recently released Gilmore Girls sequel episodes. I wanted to savor them. Watch one episod...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

is it wrong to combine smoke breaks with mediation?

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I live by a fairly busy street and have grown used to the noise of passing cars, so it is particularly strange when it suddenly becomes comp...
Friday, November 11, 2016

making sense of things (and not)

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I usually just write my own stuff (with a quote here and there), but this piece in New York Magazine really struck a chord with me and sinc...
Friday, November 04, 2016

on gratitude

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Every morning, I sit down to write a bullet list of things I am grateful for, a good practice I heard about on Tim Ferriss's podcast a ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

school dress codes: a form of slut-shaming?

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After reading this (and watching all the embedded videos) ... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/23/1578415/-Damn-those-dress-codes-Youn...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

perspective ...

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I got a $138 ticket for rolling through a stop sign WHILE looking straight at the cops parked on the corner. Apparently, I was too "hi...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

a true revelation

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I have been struggling with a certain inability to get over someone I should not even be having to "get over." It is a guy who is ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

fixed vs. growth mindset

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Listened to a podcast the other day about the science of success. It's the name of the podcast, actually. This particular episode was a...
Friday, March 11, 2016

just checking in for no reason

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I want to write. I put it in my journal every day. "Things that would make today great: write " "Daily affirmation: I...
Monday, September 22, 2014

wishing to be sick is stupid

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Everytime I make the mistake of telling someone how I haven't been sick in so long, I become ill the next day. This pattern has been so...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

i changed my mind

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We had a really nice and relaxed summer. Hanging out with the kids has been pretty nice, for they are now old enough that you can actua...