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Mother
Today is my amazing mother’s 49th birthday. To say I’m blessed to know her is an understatement.
Happy birthday, Mom.
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I was really sick all last week with a case of the flu (Classic Flu ®, not swine flu.) On Tuesday morning, I didn’t have the fever yet, so I just assumed I had a nasty cold that carried the bonus of zapping every ounce of energy I had (which explains the light posting last [...]
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I stumbled upon this today on Time Magazine’s website via Jezebel. It’s a Q&A with Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. Her latest book, The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence, is getting quite a bit of press. One passage in [...]
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Family
Out loud, while at my cousin’s Eagle Scout ceremony:
Me: “Hey Uncle Rick, how’s it going?”
Rick: “Worse than yesterday”
Grandad to MorMor: “Did you hear he’s got shingles?”
Rick: “Thanks Dad.”
MorMor: “Let me see. Lift up your shirt.”
Rick: “Ma, I’m not lifting up my shirt. Cut it out.”
MorMor: “Just let me see, Sweetie.”
Grandad: “Ugh, I had shingles all [...]
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