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We All Got Bruises
I feel I should add a little color to my last post… while we were getting ready to attend the surprise party, we learned that a friend of Andrea’s lost their 66 year old mother after she succumbed to her fight agains cancer. So, it’s not that I’m (completely) morbid that I’d immediately think “deceased” upon seeing the slide show at the surprise ( Read more... ) -
Be Your Brave, Beautiful, Awkward Self
Last night, we had the honor of attending a surprise 60th birthday party for a woman we both admire. I’m not sure how much of a surprise it was for the guest of honor but it was a wonderful celebration. When we arrived at the church function hall that was hosting this event, a slide show cycled through many moments, stitched together to form a ( Read more... ) -
A Life You Don't Need a Vacation From
Several years ago, when I was a pre-teen, I went on a camping trip to Wisconsin with my parents. When we were setting up our tent, the middle support pole inexplicably bent and then broke into two, unusable pieces. I wanted to laugh but the look on my dad's face told me that would be a poor decision. Undeterred, dad ran clothesline through the ( Read more... ) -
Jenny, Jenny, Who Can I Turn To?
Last weekend's mini vacation ended with a bang, literally, as I got into a small fender bender on my way to work. The week or so prior to that, my debit card was compromised when someone tried to use it to charge $250 at a Pac Sun in New Jersey. So I was rendered cardless a week. In the midst of this, work has been unrelentingly busy. Anton ( Read more... ) -
Mini Vacation
Today we ran a 5k in our town. It was a memorial race for a State Trooper who was killed while in the line of duty last year. Afterwards, we went to the small festival in town. It’s an annual event - - both the festival and the 5k, although the memorial part was, sadly, new. While walking around, I was struck by how much has changed in the ( Read more... ) -
My List
“Stay up late, then oversleep
Show her what she means to me
Catch up on all the things I've always missed
Just start livin', that's the next thing on my list.” - Toby Keith, My List ( Read more... ) -
122,731 Hours
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes ( Read more... ) -
Metta is so Meta
It’s Sunday and that means my second visit to Kripalu is drawing to an end. Interestingly, the first and last time I visited Kripalu preceded great change as well. While I was here, my mom, who had been living with us at the time, was back in Illinois in search of a new home to move back to there. Also, Andrea was in the process of leaving her ( Read more... ) -
Pen Practice
Lately, I’ve been thinking about writing more. After school I mean. I only have one class left for grad school but that class requires me to write a 30-50 page paper. So, I will be writing more when that class starts next week but not the way I’ve been considering. I like to write and have all these stories bouncing around inside my head that I ( Read more... )