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Searching for the Good
The inspiration for this post started with this video: Hey, guess what? There were some really good things that happened last year, believe it or not. But I bet you didn’t see a lot these stories because bad outweighs good. I’m really tired of people sharing bad shit. I mean, I get it that we can’t live in a bubble but to those of you who are consistently sharing bad news on your Facebook, Twitter, and beyond feeds, who hurt you? For real. Because you are bringing everyone down. I’m always drawn to the saying be the good because I don’t think you need to be rich, famous, or…
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Felt Board Quotes Will Save Us- I Am Sure of It
Do you ever feel like you just need to laugh because if you don’t, you’ll end up crying? I have that emotion more often than I would like to publicly admit, most of that being because of menopause. Are you sick of me writing about menopause? Well, I’m tired of being in menopause, so suck it up. Sorry, that was the menopause talking. I got me a felt board a couple of years ago because I felt like I could write some horrible, HORRIBLE things on it but then I realized I have children who can read. Then I furthermore realized I have a blog that my children don’t really…
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Quirks? I Got ‘Em By The Boatload
My friend Jeanette, the mastermind behind the vision board, has gotten me to thinkin’ again which is never ever good. She wrote a post about 30 Refreshingly Unique Blog Writing Prompts and let me tell you, they are indeed refreshing. Every once in a while, bloggers/writers/journalists/”influencers” (hate that word) run into a dirty little thing called writer’s block. Back in ye olde days, columnists usually only had to provide content for ye olde magazines and or ye olde newspapers, once a month. Oh, in this scenario I am a columnist. Run with it. So there wasn’t as much pressure to talk about stupidity because they had an entire month to figure…
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I’m Okay. Trust Me, I’m Shocked Too
Recently, I wrote about Anna leaving for college and talked about how it was difficult but that it was also good. That wasn’t just for keeping face. Since she’s been gone, I have been good. Really good, in fact. So good that at times it kind of scares me. Like, is this it or are there more emotions on the horizon? I do think therapy is the “drug” that is getting me through this change. Because I am still not evolved enough to believe this is all ME. I said to my therapist two weeks ago that I feel like I am on medication (I am not medicated), because old me would never…
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Get Ready For Back to School with a Lice Prevention Kit
This post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NixUltra #CollectiveBias No one likes to talk about lice, and to be honest, as I am writing this my head is beginning to itch. Yours is too, probably. But it needs to be discussed because sooner or later it happens to the best of us. Back to school is among us, and one of the most dreaded letters is going to hit your kitchen counter: LICE NOTICE. COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU. Sorry, lice humor. You need to be prepared so when that letter comes home, and it will come home, you…
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These Will Be The Good Old Days
There’s this catchy song by Macklemore and Kesha (I know, I am just as surprised as you) that has been humming in my head all summer; playing on the car radio in between destinations; on the Apple Music account when Ella is dancing or when Anna is getting ready for the day. I wish somebody would have told me, babe Someday, these will be the good old days All the love you won’t forget And all these reckless nights you won’t regret Someday soon, your whole life’s gonna change You’ll miss the magic of these good old days At first, I thought it so true of my teenage years. Man,…
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Things I Didn’t Do Before My 30-Year High School Reunion
On July 21st, I will be attending my 30-year high school reunion at my rural Ohio high school. It will be full of fun things like seeing old teachers, visiting old schools, seeing old classmates. Lots of old stuff to make me feel less old or conversely, even older. Let’s just say its gonna be a grand old time. Six years ago, I wrote about my upcoming 25-year high school reunion and a bucket list I created to tie in with that momentous occasion. Why I felt the need to put such pressure on myself during a banner year, I’ll never know. Then six months after I wrote the first…
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I’m In Therapy
I feel so Seinfeld, so Mad About You, so oh I don’t know, Diane Keaton movie about living in New York City and having a mysterious and very interesting life, right now. Remember when going to therapy meant you were rich? Or lived in the big city? Or were a nutjob? It doesn’t anymore. Oh, it still means you have some money because therapy is a gift in our country. A gift to those who have money, have health insurance. It shouldn’t be, but it still is. I went to therapy twice before in my life. Once when I was in my mid-twenties and married to my ex-husband. I was told…
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My Dreams Will Give You Nightmares
A few months ago, I read somewhere that first thing in the morning you should write your dreams down on a piece of paper, in your phone, wherever, so that you could look at them when your mind is clearer. Why? Who knows. I know of people in my life who’ve mentioned interpreting dreams and stuff but I’ve never been really evolved like that. Like, it took me a good 40 years to appreciate things like massage, yoga, and meditation. To be clear, I can’t meditate or do yoga properly. But I do appreciate them. I’m probably what those new age hippie types refer to as “fresh blood”. I’m new to the…
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Love It or Hate It
Last year I took the summer off from writing because I wanted to be present in my summer parenting. This summer, I am on the fence about that. I have a big summer planned and yes, I plan on being present for all of it. But I am discovering (through therapy) that writing is therapeutic for me and with this summer being the year Anna goes away to college, I just might need this little blog more than ever. So hang in with me, I am sure I will be all over the place in terms of subject matter, posting and the nonsensical. This post for example. There are things…
