The older I get, the more I find myself waxing nostalgic… I’m a sucker for the happy pieces of my childhood! And while I wasn’t around for the…
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That Feels Like GrowthI’ve spent a LOT of time over the past year in a weird sort of existential-contemplation mode. It’s been… interesting. Enlightening. People change, right? Physically, emotionally, whatever…
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Fall & Family TimeI grew up in Michigan, and as an adult, I despised the fall season. October, in particular, meant death in nature. Watching the plants die, raking and managing a yard full of leaves…
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Throwback Thursday: Fat Ballerina“You can’t turn a tutu into a four-four.” I was extremely fortunate to have an aunt as a professional ballet teacher with her own dance school. Thanks to…
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Throwback Thursday: A Game of I SpyI’m about to share a photo with you that was taken on March 27, 2009. Before you judge me too harshly based on this photo, I’d like to mention that this was…
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Throwback Thursday: Pancreatitis & Gallbladder SurgeryMy gallbladder story begins in March 2017, age 31, female, just over 3 months after starting a very strict diet and losing about 40 lbs…
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Father’s Day, AgainI lost my dad in August, 2020. Yesterday was my second Father’s Day without him. Does it ever get easier? I started this post with intentions to talk about how I’ve grieved…
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Practicing Mindfulness With DailyOm: PlacesMy first trip to the Netherlands was wonderful, but seeing it for the first time was exciting and inspiring. Leaving the airport, the first thing I noticed was…
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Throwback Thursday: Chubby Punk GirlBack in my oddly satisfying 20’s, when my hair was one step away from totally black. Kinda had that alternative thing starting. A friend from the UK suggested…
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Good In The WorldSaturday evening, my husband Arnold and I drove to the gas station and decided to take a “scenic” route back home via a back road we’d never travelled before…
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