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The Beauty of 70+ Years Of Marriage
Grandpa and Grandma, at my wedding, 11 years ago Earlier this week, I spent some time with my grandparents. Grandpa is 94. He’s got bad knees, uses a walker, is suffering prostate issues, and can’t...
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The Day I Melted Down at a Fast Food Drive Thru
Another Post Where You Get to Solve My Problems Frankendog with his dreaded cone. This story scares me. It also embarrasses me. I don’t even know where to start. I suppose the beginning would be a good...
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What My Dying Dog Taught Me About Life
A Long and Rambling Post with a Question at the End When I first laid eyes on him, he hung his head so low that his snout almost grazed the floor. His tail was tucked and his spine and ribs were...
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Beautiful, Wonderful, Horrible Moments
Last Tuesday my aging dog spent much of the night walking slow, halting laps around the house. As I listened to his nails click against the floor, I felt helpless, a sensation that I would come to know...
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The Art of Failing Greatly
Not long ago, during what must have been a rare moment of boredom, I wondered, “If I wrote a letter to my younger self, what would it say?” I thought back over my life, and especially over my...
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My Family Split Up for the Summer. This is What I Learned.
This past spring, my husband arrived home with a used minivan. He spent the rest of the spring altering it — removing seats, building a platform, outfitting a tent to fit snugly onto the back of it. By...
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The Coffee Was Nearly Gone, and I Saved Not One Bean for My Husband.
There was the sound of nails tapping against the hardwood floor. I was still dreaming. I was about to teach a class, but I’d misplaced my purse and I couldn’t find the bathroom. Now something wet and...
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That thing you think you don’t have time to do. Do it anyway.
It was one of those weekends. If I told you how many writing deadlines I had for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and so on, you’d stop reading because it would stress you out and you don’t read this blog to...
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He Complained About Privileged People. Then I Realized I Was One of Them.
This photo has nothing to do with this post. I liked it, so I put it here. I sat with my son who was sipping a hot chocolate drink that was loaded with four different kinds of sugar. My drink was one...
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What My Dying Dog Taught Me About Life
A Long and Rambling Post with a Question at the End When I first laid eyes on him, he hung his head so low that his snout almost grazed the floor. His tail was tucked and his spine and ribs were...
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