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Advice I Should Have Listened To In The Last 50 Years
So many pieces of advice are given with all the best of intentions. People who have experienced more life, (or a very different life than you), want to impart their hard-earned wisdom to make your path a little easier. I find myself doing it; giving someone advice based on my own missteps. But the reception…
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Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me…
This memorable quote from Grey’s Anatomy iconic scene, where Meredith begs Derek, (McDreamy) to choose her over another love interest, resonates to my core. I imagine that people the world over, felt her pain, desperation, intense longing and lump-in-the-throat emotion, hearing Meredith asking point-blank to be the person Derek wants to love for all time.…
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A Life Devoid of Drama – Is It Possible?
Is a life without drama possible? Is it possible, if you have grown up with a vast amount of daily drama throughout your lifetime? Do we learn to thrive on drama, or – in fact – do we create it unnecessarily? Have you ever noticed that drama seems to occur with the same people or…
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Thou Shalt Not Covet; Envy, Jealousy or Just Plain “Want”?
I’ve talked about my strict Catholic upbringing before, and some of the lessons and traditions have been long forgotten, (or buried). However, some of the first important lessons learned in my religious training, were memorizing the Ten Commandments. I was in second grade when this intense instruction began in preparation for making my First Holy…
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Easter – Eggs or Jesus?
How did we get from celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring equinox ——— to an Easter Bunny and colored egg hunts? As a born and raised Catholic – I grew up entrenched in the weighty traditions of Lent that spanned those six weeks…
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Diary of a Guardian Angel
Since the divorce, her mom and dad never seemed to be around – especially on a Friday night. Squatting on the stair post of the upstairs landing, I watched Dan and Pete lead Missy and her best friend, Katy to the bright, cheerful green and white gingham-checked bedroom. Dan’s crush on Katy had taken on epic…
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The Softer Side of Dull
I recently became aware of a Facebook group called “Dull Women’s Club”, and it has close to 350,000 members! I read a couple of the posts from different members and was (mildly) amused enough to join the group. The content consists of people posting a photo of themselves and then describing the rather mundane lives…
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Chocolate REALLY Does Make You Feel Better
Logically, I know its not good to shove comfort food in my face when I am depressed, lonely or bored. My COVID 19-pound weight gain proved that, and while it may have helped me get through it – it wasn’t the best thing for my waistline. These days, I try to remember the “all things…
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The Upside of Being Single on V-Day
I am reading an article with a list of all the things I can do to make my day bearable today as a single person —- while all the in-love people in the world celebrate the International Day of Love. The rather pathetic list includes things like: go to a scary movie, go for a…
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As We Grow Older … Who Are We?
When we are younger and going through the many stages of adulthood – we may identify as a student, an intern, a newbie employee, and/or a growing career person. From there – we move up the ranks or transition to bigger and better positions and paychecks. Some moves are lateral and some are unwanted, landing…
Killing It In My Sixties 