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The Edges of Life and Death and David Bowie

“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I’ve got left?” David Bowie David Bowie, dead? It can’t be possible. I remember when I was young, kids would wonder who would come to their own funeral. It was a way […]

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Joy Is Everywhere

“Above all else, my son and daughter, don’t trade your life for the trinkets your culture tries to sell as treasure. It’s a sham, a lie, a massive con game. Joy is everywhere, real work is available, and life is your birthright. You didn’t choose it and you don’t need to earn it. Simply – […]

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My “Do Something That Makes You Happy Today” List

I’m a HUGE list maker. I’m a planner. I come by it naturally – teaching forces me to know what’s going to happen (or at least have some sort of starting idea) every minute from 8:00 to 3:15. My days operate with lesson plans and bells, and I even can tell you what time I […]

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Your Children Are Not Your Children

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.” ~Khalil Gibran I had 25 days when I could pretend that life was what I took for granted for 18 years. For 25 days, I woke up and my mental inventory was simple – both babies asleep in […]

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My Favorite Moments of 2015-A Year In Photos

I love the new year. Not because I’m a big one on resolutions (I’m definitely anti-declaration in that way). And not because I like to whoop it up on New Year’s Eve (I don’t – I was in bed by 10 p.m.). And I love photos – not because I’m any sort of skilled photographer, […]

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Trust The Journey

“Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring happy bells, across the snow. The year is going, let him go. Ring out the false, ring in the true.” ~Afred Lord Tennyson It’s clear and frosty this morning. C is asleep in his bedroom, and the house is still. Silent. In the darkness, I journey […]

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2015: A Year of Courage

My word for 2015 was courage – courage because I knew that coming off the significant changes in my life from 2014, I would need fearlessness to remember that when one door closes, another door opens. I would need courage to really look at myself in the year before I turned 50, hoping to find […]

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My Favorite Books of 2015

 “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero I am a book lover. I love being surrounded by stacks and stacks of books, both read and unread. I adore walking into someone’s home and scanning their bookshelves, and get giddy when I see familiar titles. I carry at least […]

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5 Years of Decembers

It’s been five and a half years since I started blogging; five Decembers that I’ve shared my stories with all of you, and 50 Decembers that I’ve been learning life’s lessons. This December, I decided to look back and see what themes popped up during the final month of the past years, and I was […]

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In The Holiday Spirit

I’ll never forget when I was given a gift of the spirit. It wasn’t my birthday or Christmas, both of which fall in this month of magic, but Thanksgiving Day when my aunt decided that it was time this jewelry, so treasured by my grandmother, made its way to me. As I cracked open the […]

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