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It’s almost Christmas, Alex. The tree looks like it was drug up the side, and set atop the mound of beautifully decorated packages. There are so many, I wonder if we didn’t try and buy our way o...

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All things considered- the Thanksgiving car accident wasn’t as bad as it could have been. The car is drivable, and the aesthetic is acceptable for now. I’m over the plethora of health problems th...

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Please - can the world just stop for a second so I can catch my breath? I can’t keep moving forward until I can breathe again. On May 2nd, 2014, my husband of 31 years passed away quite suddenl...

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When my husband passed away almost 2 years ago – as badly as I wanted to blame him for his death, and as much as I wanted to hate him for having ‘left us’, the rational me eventually realized i...

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She would come to visit often. I mean, what Grandma worth her weight isn’t drawn to her grandbabies like a moth to the porch light? Once she retired, her visits were more frequent and prolonged. ...

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One year, Grandma Who came to visit, and with her she brought a pot of dirt with two dry little twigs sticking out. ‘I brought this for you - and you can plant it right here’, she said as she po...

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I’m at the Radisson Hotel in St. Joseph, MO. I was invited by a friend who is here with her son - and our kids get along, so why not?! I mean…the Radisson. I’ve been to my fair share of inns, a...

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He never intended to fall in love - that’s what he told me within the first month. And he was all in. Trips to the ER with my daughter. Canceling his Texas trip for Thanksgiving so that he cou...

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I.....nope. That was it.

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As anticipated, every moment we spend together has been duly Kodak-momented in my brain. The mutual kindnesses haven’t changed - but his language is changing as the time approaches. Bill has Asp...

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I am loving this job. The official title is: Customer Qualification Specialist. In short, when an order is placed for a CPAP (my dept), I make sure we’ve got the correct insurance on file. I mak...

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Wow! It HAS been a while. After having been treated like crap by my last manager from the moment I was complimented (in front of her) by the company big-wigs - and having broken off ties with Jon...

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At the end of September, I jumped back into OKCupid to delete my account - done with the endless circle of meaningless connections. But just before doing so, I thought I’d check my messages. :sh...

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We are at the beginning of this thing - a new relationship filled with mutual curiosity and delight. Until now, I sought comfort in sex....what ‘he’ could do, what I could do, and I find no fault...

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So - Sunday was going as planned. Church, time with family, then relaxation after 6pm. Was on my computer, surfing the webz, putting off nature’s call for as long as I could. Finally, there wa...

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I got the job. Just like that. Starts Monday, and I’m only a little nervous. I have several resources to pull my training from. I suspect.things will go much as they are now, except I’ll have ...

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It was a beautiful, jacquard bedspread in smooth shades of gray, and highly muted gold. It was austere. I was going for serene, I think. But having come from a 31 year life of rumpled, down co...

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Opened my email this morning to find 123 emails waiting for me. I’ve received offers to extend my penis, have my tires changed, and receive a bank loan tooooo....accomplish these little luxuries?...

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How things have changed over the past few months. I’ll start with Anne-Marie. She came home from rehab and sobriety has taken its place at the forefront of her mind. She claims to have no cra...

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March 14th, my daughter (15) shared with me that her boyfriend (who she met in rehab) was hyper-focused on the last day of his probation when he would, once again, take up smoking pot. He has sha...

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Much has happened since I was last here. My daughter is home after spending 60 days in rehab. She has had two complex migraines where she lost consciousness while out of my care. She was also s...

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After that trip to the hospital to make sure my daughter was still alive, I drove back home. Adrenaline kept me awake until2 hours before my shift was to begin. I saddled up, and drove into work...

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Several weeks ago, I received a phone call from my daughter. She was in school - and clearly distraught - in tears. “Mommy…“ When your 15 year old tearfully reverts to calling you ‘mommy’, you...

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‘Damn, Sharon - if I knew then what I know now, things would be a WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT, let me tell ya!’ If you haven’t said something similar, you’ve thought it - you know you have! It has been ...

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I rewrote this entry (originally posted a few days back…and now removed) so that rather than leaving my church family, I could give them an update, letting them know where I am in this grieving p...

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