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Reconciliation – A Love Affair With a Journal

July 31, 2020

Recovery: Positive Lifestyle Changes

Journaling has been a part of my life since 1988. It started when I watched Winona Ryder’s character Veronica Sawyer pour her soul out into the pages of her…

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The 3 Reasons I Become Intolerant

July 3, 2020

As we finish up our 16th week of COVID life, the topic of intolerance came up. Surprised? As I see it, there are three reasons why I become intolerant.…

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My Not-So Secret Garden – If It Was There Before Corona, It Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger

June 19, 2020

Corona has taken whatever was true about us and made it bigger. Whether we’re looking at our flowers or our weeds, the last three months have shed water and…

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The Art of Disappointment: It’s Not You, It’s Me

June 12, 2020

It kind of makes me cringe now, but as I mentioned in Easy Pleasie, I was once a person who was hard to appease. Ironically, however, my mentors were…

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Enough is Enough. If I Trust, The Universe Will Provide

May 29, 2020

Over the past eleven weeks, I’ve noticed my brain easily jumps to; We’re not going to have enough. It doesn’t matter if it’s food, money, time, or hand-sanitizer—the panic…

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Ambition – Schooling Me on What She’s All About

May 22, 2020

This weekend is not only my birthday, but it’s also the blog’s birthday… Happy 3rd Birthday, Confessions! Over the past few months, as the three-year anniversary was approaching, I…

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My Corona Diet – A Short Walk to Nowhere

May 15, 2020

“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth…

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Sister Church – The Importance of Being Vulnerable With a Trusting Family

May 8, 2020

Several weeks ago, G took the kids away for the entire day to protect them from a very burnt-out MamaDe. That morning I had a 4-way video call with…

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The Most Frustrated Baby on the Block – What Quarantining and Toddlers Have in Common

May 1, 2020

When my friends with toddlers talk to me about their miserable 3-year-olds, I feel their pain. Three was right about the age when, I started calling my kids names…

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Observe and Adapt: How Changing the Schedule Can Change Our Lives

April 24, 2020

My buddy Christine Woodside shared this with me in an email this week, “A scientist friend told me that Darwin, when talking about evolution, didn’t actually say ‘survival of…

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If I Love Wasting Time, Why Don’t I Waste More Time?

Another Trip to the ER – The Vulnerability of Asking for Help

A note on white paper in children's handwriting with the word disaster spelled with a "z". The note reads, "Good new, bad news. My room is a disaster but the reason it is a disaster is because I am cleaning my closet, my toy bin and my whole room."

Correcting People When They Talk – You Knew What I Meant!

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Living in a Dyslexic/ADHD Marriage – Happy Anniversary To Me

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The Good and the Bad – Which Witch I Want to Be

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