Something to Be Grateful For

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Something to Be Grateful For

Today, whatever you’re doing, wherever you are, stop and take a moment to be grateful. I’ve always wondered about statements of gratitude that involve those less fortunate. You know the ones I’m talking about – “Somewhere someone is ill, or didn’t wake up this morning, or… so be grateful for what you have.” But being [...]

Calling a Do-Over: Would You If You Could?

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Calling a Do-Over: Would You If You Could?

Editor’s Note: TV isn’t the only thing this summer with repeats. This was one of the first posts I wrote when I launched this blog and it still holds true today. Thanks to Instagram, Twitter, and cell phone photos, this generation’s stupid mistakes are immortalized. Ours are etched in our minds for only as long [...]

I am a 44 year old woman and I’m single

I am a 44 year old woman and I’m single

I refuse to believe that my life is any less rich and eventful than anyone else because I’m on life’s journey by myself. I am not unique. This is the life of countless post-40 women (and men for that matter) that I know. None of us have side-stepped life waiting on our ideal mate. We embrace life and all of its wondrous experiences.

Trains, Planes, and Filtering Out the Noise

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Trains, Planes, and Filtering Out the Noise

At home on any given night I’ll hear the horn of a train or the roar of an aircraft overhead. You’d think it would be terribly distracting. It’s not. But it wasn’t always that way.

Lessons I Learned From Attending a Writers Conference – Part 2

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Lessons I Learned From Attending a Writers Conference – Part 2

Last week I shared a few of the lessons I learned from attending my first writers conference. Today I’m sharing the final three, starting with… Lesson 3: If you were supposed to do it at 20 (or 24 or 34), and you didn’t, it will follow you your whole life. Think back to the thing [...]

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