Category: Blog
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The One With The Epiphany About Crying
Everything was making me cry. I didn’t go a single day in a month without breaking down. Beautiful things made me cry, sad stories made me cry, happy tears, heartbreak tears, I cried them all! I was convinced something was wrong with me and I needed medical help.Â
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You’re Not the Only One Who’s Single Today
I’ve been there. In fact I’m there right now. I’m single for the seventh Valentines Day in a row. Putting a ring on a finger and repeating vows to each other doesn’t even guarantee you will never be single again. Nothing in this world is forever.
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Seasons of Single
No one on this planet is exempt from being single. Even vows and rings and commitments can’t guarantee we will never be single again. Single is a season, not a punishment and not a status. If we can rewire how we’ve been conditioned to view “single”, it can be one of lifes greatest gifts.
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My First Covidversary
How a year later, Covid still controls parts of my life and why not being able to smell is both a blessing and a curse. I’m at the top of the flight of stairs I just climbed, there are a total of ten. They are nothing special. Basic, standard steps that lead up to another […]
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An Apple A Day
How My Life Changed When I quit my job and Moved Across the Country without a Plan or a purpose “Must be nice to be able to quit your job and go hiking all the time”, “you’re so lucky”, “I couldn’t do what you did, I don’t have the money”. These are things people have […]
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From the Archives…
I love to write. I always have. It used to be on “full scap” paper behind a blue writing folder and I would press so hard with my pencil it would often break. I’d have a big “yikes” eraser next to me that would make countless smear lines through my “rough draft” as I tried […]
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