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Dear Younger Me – Happy Birthday
Dearest Baby Elizabeth… Oh my, how little you were! Mom says you had red hair when you were born (was that the first clue that you’ll have a fire inside of you that will never go out?), but it will quickly transition to a very, very blonde. For the next 20+ years, being known and… Continue reading
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Gratitude
It’s Thanksgiving morning as I write. All but one of my children are here in my home, and a couple significant others are enjoying this week with us as well. And this morning, I am grateful. I am grateful for my children. I am grateful that all of them are choosing to maintain a relationship… Continue reading
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Embracing the “Both/ And”
Happy. Sad. Fabulous. Anxious. Grieved. Excited. Lonely. Terrific. Devastated. Calm. Discouraged. Joyful. Blah. We might choose any one of these or other words to describe how we are feeling on any given day. My younger self would have only thought to pick one. My less-younger self had started to realize that I could feel more… Continue reading
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A Tribute to Our Grandparents
Today we celebrated Grandparents Day at my school. I wrote this to share with the grandparents who attended, but it was inspired by my own grandparents, and by the many other grandparent figures that I have been blessed to know and learn from. To Our Grandparents: What a gift that you are in our lives. … Continue reading
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