On the subject of trust…

12.29.09

My mind is whirling around the subject of trust today. More specifically, when trust is broken, how do you get it back? Or can you ever repair that kind of damage? My first few years of college, I had several really hard lessons in lost trust that came within about a ...

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The Ultimate Gift for the Greatest Giver in my Life

12.21.09

Today's challenge at {W}rite-Of-Passage, is to write about a Christmas gift that you remember the most. {W}rite-of-Passage is a community of bloggers focusing in on getting back to good blog writing and brainchild of fellow blogger, Mrs. Flinger.  Looking back, I got a lot of great gifts growing up. We weren't rolling ...

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A Letter to My Elementary School Lunch Box…

12.14.09

I can't believe an entire week has gone by and I am just now posting again. The good news is, the slowdown has officially begun so I should be here more in the weeks to come. Today's {W}rite of Passage challenge is to spend 15 minutes writing about our elementary ...

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I am certain that this is genetic…

9.18.09

It was one of the things that I'd later remember most about my Grandmother. The magazines. Stacked neatly in her tall wooden barstool chair waiting for anyone to look through. I never really understood why she had a barstool chair in her kitchen, since she didn't have a raised bar to go ...

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Should I close the book right now?

11.19.08

I have to admit something to you here. I've felt some pressure about what to put on this new blog. See, all the weight loss posts and getting healthy posts are all fine and dandy (l've lost 2 pounds already, by the way...yay me!), but I know it is time to ...

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Summer of Learning

9.1.05

(from a previous blogging life) The piercing blast of her clock radio jolted her out of bed with a shock. “Why am I doing this,” she thought to herself. Through sleep-glazed eyes she tried to focus on the numbers on the clock. Six a.m.! Getting up at six in the morning ...

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