Bereaved and Blessed

BlogHer Book Club: The Willpower Instinct

January 10, 2013

The irony is not lost on me that I am getting this review posted, for a book about willpower, just under the wire on the day it is due to go up. Clearly this was a book that I could benefit from reading and I was not disappointed. Ever since I began The Willpower Instinct: How […]

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Do Goldfish Go to Heaven?

January 9, 2013

This one of the many questions we have been discussing with Sean and Abby since our first family pet, Nemo the Goldfish, died last Thursday. Nemo appeared to be sick or not himself for a few days. It was strange and sad to essentially watch him die and to have an ongoing conversation with our […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Change

January 8, 2013

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-seventh installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are […]

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Winter Shed 2013

January 4, 2013

It’s that time of year when many of us are looking to make some changes in our life. Often that includes resolving to exercise regularly and find more balance within how we spend our time. When I think about the New Years Resolutions that I made for 2012, it is frustrating to admit that I am […]

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Breathtaking Notes

January 4, 2013

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 […]