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29 Things I Believe….
I had a super-silly post planned for today, but then something happened that’s anything but. One of the most amazing people I’ve ever known passed away this weekend, and I am very, very sad. I wrote this awhile ago not really knowing why. Now I understand. Gumps…this post is for you. Thank you for inspiring…
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The American Dream Wrapped Up in a Cannoli
I first met Caity DiFabio at the epicenter of all clichés. A bar. On a trip to Louisville two years ago, bored and waiting for a friend, I settled onto a stool and ordered an Old Fashioned. That such a young girl could serve an ancient cocktail the right way surprised me, almost as much…
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To The Gentle Giant From A Mom Who Sometimes Gets It Wrong
I have an unsuspecting guest blogger today. It’s my eleven year-old son, Taylor, or as I like to call him, the Gentle Giant. Gentle because he was born with a heart much more complex and intricate than most, and giant because, well, he’s really, really tall. Taylor has always been sensitive to the ways of…
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An Interview You Will Never Read in the Local Paper
For reasons I don’t quite understand, a kind friend asked to interview me for the neighborhood paper. My responses, written at about 11:30 p.m. last night, are listed below. I realized immediately upon waking that these will never see the light of day in actual print, so I thought I’d share them with you. What…
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What Would You Do Differently Today if You Were Having Brain Surgery Tomorrow?
For you and me this is a hypothetical question, because in that way we’re lucky. But the rhetoric is real for my friend. A couple of weeks ago, I went to get a fast food dinner to support some of my favorite families, because the restaurant was giving half the value of anything purchased that…
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Have You Seen Goldie? Part II
About a month ago, I posted a silly and somewhat irreverent blog (“Have You Seen Goldie?”) about the disappearance of my daughter’s alter ego/better half/can’t-go-to-the-bathroom-without-her, perfect puppy. As time passed, however, Essa’s sense of devastation as she accepted that her bestie had vanished became immeasurable. Hard to quantify, that is, unless you compared it to…
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An Open Letter to Steve Wynn: Why the Forty-Year Oldish Woman is Your Ideal Guest
Dear Mr. Wynn, In a few short months, some friends and I will leave our families behind to make an annual pilgrimage to the capital of the United States of America: Las Vegas. We feel that as concerned citizens of the world, it’s our patriotic duty to pay homage to the mecca of glitzy-glam-glut, and…
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The Super-Secret Key to Becoming Freshly Pressed that Nobody’s Ever Told You
Before getting Freshly Pressed, I read all the advice on how to get…Freshly Pressed. Like, 24/7. I won’t regurgitate it here because you’ve all read it too. Like, 24/7. I have no proof, but it’s my opinion that there’s a super-secret, critical factor (plus a back-up plan) necessary to get this honorable, if not Wizard…
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How Skate World Changed My Life
When I was in middle school, we didn’t text, chat with our classmates on Xbox, or look up cute boys online. We couldn’t. It was the Mesozoic era, and the technology didn’t exist. So what did we do without the huge cornucopia of Apple-inspired abundance at our fingertips? We hung out. Together. As in, a…
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How Nonverbal Communication Can Improve Your Relationship (Part II)
O.K. I got way off-topic in Part I of this post, but I’ve established that I’m a Gemini, which is a perfect excuse each time I veer too far in the wrong direction. Or run into the house with my ginormous SUV. Or forget to pick up the kids at school. But I’m drifting. Now…
READING BETWEEN THE PINES 