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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Why I'm glad I didn't get sick in Elizabeth Bennet's time, plus where to find guys hunting for cougars

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It started around the middle of the afternoon on Friday: sore throat, swollen and tender lymph nodes in my neck, fever-chill.  I figured it ...
Friday, September 25, 2015

Everything I need to know about surviving in the wilderness I learned in college

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Last week my Denver sorority buddies and I had a lovely dinner.  We caught up on what everyone is doing and how our families and kids are a...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

But all the magic I have known, I've had to make myself

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My dearest Josephine, This morning I woke up and went into your room and sat on the floor next to your bed.  I pushed your hair out of you...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Livin' just enough, just enough for the city

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Sometimes I feel like I live in a weird parallel universe in which I'm the only sane one, while craziness swirls around me. I was walk...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The daddy mac'll make you jump jump

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"Mrs. J?" My mother received a phone call at work.  It was the babysitter. "Yes? Is everything OK with the kids?" ...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Release

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Later on, when we were driving through Breckenridge on our way back to Denver, I was talking on the phone with my mom and joking about how c...
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Thursday, September 10, 2015

You're in the arms of an angel, may you find some comfort here

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It has been a year . A year of difficult milestones, a year of the ebb and flow of grief, a year of heartbreak compounded by stress and de...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

That's how it's supposed to be, living young and wild and free

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Recently a friend referred to me as a "single parent."  Which kind of took me aback, because I don't think of myself as a sing...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The art of war

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I've been walking to work, off and on, for about 10 months.  There are only so many variables in the route, so at this point I'm fam...
Friday, August 14, 2015

I'll see you in September, see you when the summer's through

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Yesterday morning the kids and I were riding the number 10 bus into town, on the way to camp and work.  Zeke was sitting in the back row pla...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like

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Getting Josie to suck it up and learn how to ride a bike has been something of a challenge, to put it diplomatically.  Because she is turnin...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Adventures in Online Dating: Getting back on the horse edition

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First of all, with respect to the title of this post, I'm not talking about *that* horse.  I'm talking about the online dating horse...
Tuesday, August 04, 2015

I love it when a plan comes together

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We were at the movie theater in Corolla last week, taking the kids to see the new Minions movie (which was hilarious, by the way - even my...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Watch mama open up her arms to hug me, and I ain't worried 'bout a damn thang, with unconditional love

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One of my good friends from high school in India - one whom I did not get to see last weekend, unfortunately - is part of an online exercise...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Just let me state for the record, we're giving love in a family dose.

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After every reunion, I feel like I write the same blog post .   Over and over again . And in terms of capturing the raw feeling of what it...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015

I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail

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A couple of weeks ago, before the kids left for Mexico, I was sitting in my office at around 4:45 in the afternoon when I saw that the sky w...