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I wrote and shared another version of this post one year ago today. At some point since then, I found my notes from a session with an old therapist (who moved out of state a few years ago). I discovered that processing “missed potential,” and not “missed opportunity,” were the actual words she used to […]

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Happy 11th Heavenly Birthday, Molly Marie! Here we are again… Celebrating you, forever our baby girl, wondering what might’ve been, and making the best of what is. Today it’s been 11 (my lucky number) years since I held you. Your death certainly didn’t make me feel very lucky at the time, though I was/am forever […]

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Repeat after me, “It’s not my fault.” But, I get it. When someone we care about dies by suicide, it’s natural to wonder. Every time I’ve lost a loved one to suicide, including this week, I find myself going there. What if I’d called or texted them that day (or closer to when it happened) […]

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How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifteenth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. It’s been about 5 months since we last did some Gatekeeping here. Yesterday I learned that an old/hometown friend lost her battle […]

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I started over with Book 1 in early November 2018, after not getting past Book 3 in early 2012, when Sean read all 7. Abby had started reading them a bit before then and was already on Book 3. I caught up quickly and we’ve tried to keep pace with each other ever since, though […]

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Tuesday, 2-27-96 11:58 PM London 5:58 PM E-Town I am writing w/ my new bic 4 color pen! I found it at “Woolworth” this morning when Jenny & I were out exploring our neighborhood & trying to find the “Real World IV: London” house! We walked for 2 hours all over Notting Hill Gate & […]

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