Life

Another day, another dollar

October 11, 2011

With the first tentative sip to test the temperature, I stare at the computer screen.  My hands are wrapped around the heavy mug, the warmth from the cup just shy of burning my hands as the air from the space heater takes on the office.  I think about the toddler who woke up at 4am [...]

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This isn’t all I am

October 5, 2011

Sometimes I love this space. Hard. I love that I can connect with other mothers who I’d probably never cross paths with, stories I would never share, women I would never, otherwise know.  I love that I can share stories about my kids, post pictures for family and friends. Pictures and moments that I can [...]

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It’s not home

September 27, 2011

The room is big and nice. Nothing fancy. A big bed with a two-inch-thick comforter.  The kind that almost makes you want to run across the room and bounce on it.  The adjoining bathroom has sample-sized shampoos and lotions, which makes me happy because mine are still sitting on bathroom counter, at home.  I sigh [...]

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The Black Sheep

September 15, 2011

I never did care much for this part. For months I raised them. Fed them every day, made sure they had fresh water, talked to them. I helped in the barn – clipping tails, trimming hoofs and shearing wool. Most of my “help” was standing around watching and handing tools to my dad or Uncle [...]

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because it matters! (on giving back to your community)

September 15, 2011

  Thanks to Walgreens for sponsoring my writing. Help Walgreens help others! Visit their Facebook page here to learn about their charitable partners and decide which cause Walgreens will donate to with a quick vote. My first job out of college was for a non-profit organization and part of my job was raising money. Oh, [...]

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SOCS – Putting grad school on hold (for now) (again)

August 21, 2011

I’ve been reading these Stream of Concsiousness Sunday posts for a while now and always thought about jumping in.  Since making the decision I’m talking about below, I’m also trying to write more… more here, more for other websites and more that puts money in my checkbook once in a while.  And of course, after [...]

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Lessons from the field

August 1, 2011

Chessa sits on the counter, looking in the mirror as I brush her hair.  It’s finally getting longer; the soft brown hair is curling at the nape of her neck.  I hold it in my left hand and wrap a ponytail with my right.  I pin back the front, the pieces that are too short [...]

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Oh, hey. I’m not 26 anymore.

July 27, 2011

There are times when I catch a glimpse of myself in a store window or the rear view mirror and I think I’m still the same 26-year-old that I was a short five years ago.  I think I could be running to the gym, shopping with friends or spending the entire evening flipping back and forth [...]

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For Moms: The parenting advice you didn’t get

July 18, 2011

Dear New Mom, By now you’ve received all the pre-requisite baby advice. Everyone down to strangers at the mall have told you to cherish every moment because it goes too fast (it does). A co-worker has filled you in that you won’t be in your bathroom without an audience again for the next several years [...]

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Clutter

June 14, 2011

Rocking back and forth in the glider that sits in our makeshift office, my eyes bounce from wall to wall, desk to bookshelves, clutter to toys.  I mentally start to move things around… “What if I move the desk over here and take the hutch off?”  “What if I donate these books and toss this [...]

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