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A Real Woman

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Of Course I Can

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Deciding to Decide (with GIFs!!!)

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Sunday sundae

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Twenty Handkerchiefs and Two Sweaters

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The Breakfast Cereal of Enlightenment

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The Power of Dumb / Encouragement!

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Five Minute Friday: Close

“Just like me, they long to be close to you.” Not sure why that’s that...

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March 06, 2014

A Difference in Perspective

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January 08, 2014

Have a cuppa: Encouragement

“What encouraging words do you want the people you care about to hear as they...

January 06, 2014

Bold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

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December 30, 2013

2014: A Bold New Year

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Unashamed: The Finale

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October 25, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Together

I thought it was what I wanted. To be together. I wanted to be with...

October 24, 2013

This is what happens

This is what happens when you throw your lot in with a madman. This is...

October 20, 2013

Too much of a good thing

I'm longing for normal days again. Making meals, doing laundry, sweeping floors. Too much ecstasy...

October 09, 2013

When it’s not helping

I wanted to get better. And conventional wisdom told me that writing in my diary...

October 05, 2013

Shut up!

I’m not her any more. I’m not. I used to be her… the one who...

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Five Minute Friday: Write

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September 13, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Mercy

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August 27, 2013

Them thar’s fightin’ wurds!

I got in a fight yesterday. It may not have been a fistfight, but it...

August 25, 2013

This time, with feeling…

Walking along, I watch the breeze ruffle my long skirt around my ankles. It’s really...

August 23, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Last

I have nothing to say, but I’m writing anyway. Last. What am I to make...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

What was I thinking?

It was Friday evening, the 5th of July. Frustrated by a house that was a...

July 12, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Present

Being fully present, fully alive to the moment, is the only way to really live....

July 08, 2013

Living a Lie

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June 2013

June 20, 2013

La Dolce Vita

No telephone psychic, no gypsy fortuneteller, no prophet of Biblical renown could have predicted it....

June 09, 2013

Birthday Wishes

My goodness! It’s only 7:35 a.m., and it’s already one of the best birthdays I’ve...

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April 30, 2013

W is for Will

John Tenniel`s original (1865) illustration for Lewis Carroll`s "Alice in Wonderland". Alice sitting between Gryphon...

April 29, 2013

U is for Unashamed

I am naked. So are you. Most of the time, we’re in a desperate struggle...

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