Writing is My New Therapy

Last week, I got an alert that a WordPress update had failed on this blog space. When I went to fix it, I was shocked to see that I hadn’t written anything in almost 3 years. The last life update was when The Mister and I moved 5 years ago, which is poetic since we …
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I reject your reality…

I love that quote from Adam Savage. The reality I’m rejecting today is that I’m old enough to have a 21-year-old daughter. Yesterday we celebrated Munchkin’s 21st birthday.  Facebook’s On This Day reminded me that 5 years ago today, she got her driver’s license.  She then drove her Dad and I back to my house …
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The Words We Use

I’ve been trying to write this post for a couple of weeks. My thoughts and feelings balked at being committed to paper. I think I’ve worked through it enough to write now, so we’ll see… First, I read an article on Migraine.com (https://migraine.com/expert/fighting-for-migraine-with-words/) by Dr. William B. Young about how the words we use affect …
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Empty nest… finally.

Well, it finally happened.  Munchkin has flown the coop. Shortly before Thanksgiving last year, Munchkin’s dad (Ex#1) passed away after long-standing health issues.  As she dealt with cleaning out his hoard (seriously, I’d forgotten how much stuff that man could cram into a closet) she decided she would keep the lease on his duplex and …
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Life changes and other musings

Wow. Over a month since I’ve posted anything. I plead life changes, grad school, work, and illness as excuses. Life is beginning to look a LOT different than it did pre-op. I’ll post more on that later. It’s interesting to me how we define moments as life-changing. Life before this event and life after this …
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