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A WALK THROUGH ORDINARY
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Aug 9, 20225 min read
groundhog day
OK, before you come at me, I have not seen Groundhog Day. I know a very basic premise of a guy reliving the same day over and over again...
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Jul 20, 20225 min read
the defining moment
Have you ever looked at your life through the eyes of a camera? What would play out on screen? How would the script read? What characters...
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May 27, 20225 min read
I ate a grilled cheese and then I cried
May is Mental Health Awareness month. You've probably seen at least one post on social media circulating about it. One site I read...
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May 23, 20228 min read
you're on deck
It is again one of my favorite times of year. It's MAYhem - time for the Women's College World Series [softball]. I played fast pitch...
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May 15, 20228 min read
a week in the life
Writing posts sometimes comes easily. And then other weeks, it does not. It's not that I don't have any ideas. I have a running Rolodex...
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Apr 20, 20227 min read
you are a liar
So today I am struggling. Really, I have been for a couple of weeks, off and on. I spoke about the big wave that I was seeing off in the...
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Mar 2, 20228 min read
wake me up when september ends: part two
This is a follow up to my earlier post - some of the "positive" actions of month one. Even with all the numbness and raw emotions, I did...
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Feb 16, 20225 min read
a grande trip
68 degrees and sunny. It's winter but it doesn't feel that way today. We just had an ice storm. I woke up, put a jacket on, and walked my...
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Feb 8, 20227 min read
i hope i am not the person i want to be in 10 years
Who do you want to be in 10 years? A seemingly innocuous question. We are asked this at various points in our life. During a scholarship...
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Feb 3, 20225 min read
let's get visual, visual
Hokey. The word of the day. I guess everyone has different ideas of what "hokey" means to them. I looked up the definition. The words...
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