Bereaved and Blessed

When You Get Little

July 14, 2012

Recently Abby started talking about things she will do, like Mommy, when she gets bigger. Then she began to tell me about the things I could do when I “get little.” I think Abby’s idea is so sweet and such an interesting perspective for her to have and share with me. One day last month, […]

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Strange Things

July 13, 2012

It’s Friday the 13th and though I am not very superstitious, it is on my radar. Since this past week has brought a slew of random and unexpected unlucky events to our family, I am hoping that today will be relatively uneventful in comparison. They say bad things happen in threes and there were at […]

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Thursday’s Voice: Week Two

July 12, 2012

Thank you for your support of and enthusiasm for my fellow writers and me at The Today Voice since we launched our new writing project last week. I especially appreciate those of you who took the time to comment on my first post over there and share your thoughts on the prompt for week one here and/or there. […]

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What Do Women Need?

July 11, 2012

“Women need food, water and compliments. That’s right. And an occasional pair of shoes. ” ~ Chris Rock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is Day 11 of NaBloPoMo for July and I am finally getting around to writing about one of the prompts for this month’s theme “kidding around:” Tell us about your favorite comedian. There are other prompts that […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Fear

July 10, 2012

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-first 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 here to participate […]

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Live Theater

July 9, 2012

There’s nothing like it, at least for me. I try to get my fix a few times a year and if I could afford it would get season tickets to Steppenwolf and Broadway in Chicago. My family has had a tradition, for as long as I can remember, of going to see one show together each […]