Welcome to the second check-in for the Spring Shed! Here is the back story about this support group/blog hop for those trying to be accountable for the positive changes we are making in our lives in 2013. After ten weeks of doing the Winter Shed, we moved on to this Spring Shed. Whether you are trying to shed […]
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I have wanted to write about this here for a while and this week, being so pivotal in the United States Supreme Court, seemed to be the right time for me to do so. I haven’t always believed in marriage equality and I am the first to admit that. The idea made me uncomfortable, especially […]
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It’s a clever band name and the number of years I am celebrating on this earth today, my 38th birthday! “Special K” is also a nickname that an old friend gave me 20 years ago. In many ways I am exactly where I imagined and hoped I would be at this age and stage of […]
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There is a scene in the movie Philadelphia where Tom Hanks’s character, who has AIDS and is very sick, introduces his attorney (representing him in a wrongful termination lawsuit), played by Denzel Washington, to one of his favorite opera arias. He closes his eyes and translates the story being sung while they are listening. As he […]
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This past week has been a whirlwind! We were away for Labor Day Weekend and had a wonderful last hurrah with family and friends. Yesterday was Sean’s first day of school (third grade) and overall it went very well. Next week Abby starts preschool three mornings a week and in the meantime I am trying […]
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It’s Thursday! Which means it my day to write about this week’s prompt over at The Today Voice. Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm since we launched our new writing project last month. I especially appreciate those of you have taken time to comment on my posts over there and share your thoughts on the prompts […]
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