How Did They Just Disappear?

March 10, 2014

“It’s just like what happened on Lost,” he said. How had I not made that connection? It’s surreal in this day and age, with technology and resources we have available, that it is possible for a 777 plane, carrying 239 people on board, to just disappear. But that is the story being told in the […]

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Thank you, Lavender Luz!

February 26, 2014

This month my good friend Lori from LavenderLuz is retiring her truly awesome blog hop/writing exercise called Perfect Moment Monday, after years of hosting it weekly and eventually monthly. I checked my archives and discovered that I have written and shared 35 posts over the years about Perfect Moments in my life. I know so many who have been […]

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The Sun is There

February 20, 2014

That’s what she told us as we centered ourselves on yoga mats at class this morning. Even when it’s cloudy, the sun is still there. Even when it’s raining. we know the sun is there, behind the clouds. Then she invited us to look inward and notice the flicker of light (however big or small) […]

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A Glimpse from Six Years Later

February 13, 2014

On the Eve of Valentine’s Day 2008, Bob and I went to one of our bi-weekly Wednesday perinatal echocardiograms to find out how our baby girl Molly was doing. Her cardiologist, Dr. Cuneo, shared with us that our daughter’s heart had begun to fail. She told us that if we wanted to take the aggressive route […]

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My Voices of the Year

February 1, 2014

I am excited to be attending to BlogHer’14 this July in San Jose, CA! I have already bought my ticket to the conference, reserved a hotel room and booked airfare. This will be my third BlogHer annual and I look forward to what will make this year’s experience unique and wonderful in its own way. I […]

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Withdrawal

January 28, 2014

In recent weeks my thoughts and daydreams have been filled with fictional characters, including Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne and Peeta Mellark. I was reading The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins and often felt like I was part of their world, living in Panem, and fighting against the leaders of the Capitol for freedom and […]

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