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Personal cleansing: identifying the stuff that gets you down
One of my very “with it” girlfriends recently told me that she thought I was “fierce,” and in a good way. Wow. I was shocked and flattered. As I’ve always thought of myself as fragile, I love it when I...
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Halloween and the unimaginative mother
Happy Halloween! Those were Fred’s first words to us this morning. He’d been waiting for this day for a full year, and this year he’s expanding his trick-or-treating territory to cover 3 additional...
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Love, loyalty, hurt and anger – the powerful world of mother-daughter...
I am so honored to be contributing to the wonderful writer D.A. Wolf’s series on mother-daughter relationships. This was by far the hardest piece of writing I have ever done, and more than once I asked...
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On Burning Out and Getting Away
For years I fell into a state of malaise between January and March. I’d have a sudden need to withdraw socially, turning down invitations from friends to get together, feeling intense dread over having...
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Cultural Loss Over the Years
Tomorrow is the Lunar New Year or, as we’ve been calling it for many years, Chinese New Year. My memories of this holiday growing up are vivid. My mother would spend days scouring the house from top to...
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Personal Inventory on Patience, Sacrifice, Self Control, and Other Virtues
I often thought that if I took care of myself half as well as I took care of my child that I would be in pretty good shape. For example, I always make sure that he eats at least one serving of fruit...
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On Conflicts, Children, and Relationships
Suggested House Rules [by my 9-year-old] 1. When there is a fight/argument, don’t say anything. 2. Play as much as you can. 3. HAVE FUN!! :-) 4. Read ALOT!! :-) 5. Keep track of Library books 6. BE...
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My Battles with Anxiety
I have to thank one of my readers/blogger friends for mentioning in a comment once that she suffers from anxiety. It was her honesty that emboldened me to acknowledge my own relationship with anxiety....
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Marriage and Personal Struggle: Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
I’m back, or so I hope! I had a hard time motivating myself to write over the last few weeks but I’m hoping to now slowly get back into the swing of things. I have been reading my books, though, so I...
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(Literary Wives) Not Enough Marital Connection and Too Much Facebook: Wife 22
I apologize for my sporadic writing of late, but I’m back to review our (on-line book club) Literary Wives’ October book, Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon. Wife 22 is a book about contemporary issues: growing...
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