Category: Life Today
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My Dear Acquaintance
I totally stole this lovely song. YOU MUST LISTEN AND KNOW THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU!!!!!And know I’m not even hip enough to steal it from the very hip singer, Regina Spektor. I had to steal it from a writer who I adore and would love to meet for cocktails; Jenny Lawson. She posted this…
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Not Very Merry
I had premonitions about this Christmas. Perhaps I should have paid more attention. I was asked to write our Team’s Holiday letter to our nonprofit clients. My colleagues rejected it for being too sad. “It’s not sad,” I said, “it’s realistic. Look at everything going on right now. I can’t possible send a cheery, all is well…
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Crazy Optimism
Tomorrow is Colorado Gives Day!!!! A chance for us to give to our favorite nonprofits in our area and to even get a match by First Bank. Thanks First Bank! You’re the Colorado Bank for me 🙂 There will be many deserving, amazing causes. There always are. And I will be out there, creating a ruckus for my cause,…
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Mole
My grief is a mole on my chin.I face it in the morning as I brush my teeth.I examine it at night after I take off my make up. Wondering if it has grown, is it infected? Or just irritated? Many times just irritated. Volatile little thing.At times it is HUGE and it takes over…
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Dedication
This evening I finally made it to sweaty, stinky yoga. Thank goodness. The goings-on of life has once again tightened my psoas. I started in mountain pose and our yogi asked us to dedicate this practice to someone to whom we are grateful. I stood, eyes closed, hands towards the sky, waiting for my mind to choose the…
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