Journey

Sometime over the past week, after our Molly-girl’s birthday had come and gone, I realized that for the first time, in 10 years, I forgot to post my letter to her on our BabyBenson2008 CarePage after sharing it here on my blog. I felt sad about that, as we received so much support on our […]

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11 (my lucky number) years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and six years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the second Tuesday of April, I chose “Blogoversaries” to be the Time Warp topic for that month. Five Years ago, I decided to keep it simple […]

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My anxiety has been higher lately, than it has been in a while. I’ve determined it would help me to simplify some of my daily routines. I am letting go of some things that may’ve once served me, but now seem to take up more time than they are worth. That letting go includes creating […]

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Stop the world Take a picture Try to capture To ensure this moment lasts We’re still in it, but in a minute – That’s the limit – and this present will be past ~ Sankoff and Hein (Come from Away) As you enter this second year of being a teen, I find myself wanting to […]

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This week I have immersed myself in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s new book What Happened, about her experience with the 2016 Presidential Primary and Election, including why she didn’t win the electoral college and lots of inside scoop on what it was like behind the scenes of her campaign. I’ve struggled with what happened every day […]

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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the thirteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been almost another two years since we last did some Gatekeeping here. And again, I can hardly believe I let that […]

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