Category: Life Today
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Fluent
This week has continued the poop-tastic theme of 2017. I really do wish I were posting anything other than attending another funeral but I am not. And while there are really great things going on, this is taking all of my brain space and it must be expelled.Please remind me after this post that I did…
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The Current Underneath
I have always liked to swim. I was one of those kids you couldn’t get out of the water. The one who dove too deep only to emerge gasping and coughing, to dive again. I have never been fast or talented or graceful. But I love the water. When I am on my ‘A’ game,…
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Heartbreak Beat
“I was called the Death Doula once by a friend,” my friend Robin told me on a hike this weekend. I laughed out loud. Maria, Robin and I hiked Fern Canyon. Our first meeting of SOOTHE. A group born of Mamas who have lost Littles. Sisters Out of Tragic Heartbreaking Experiences…..SOOTHE…it’s catchy, right? I like to…
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Dragons
Social Media seems madder than a dragon trying to blow out his birthday candles. You get it? Because he breathes fire? So the candles never go out? The only thing that would make that dragon more mad was if that cake was an ice cream cake. I love ice cream cake. I should take a break from social media…
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Colorado Gives Day- Give Where You Live
When Samantha died we raised $8,000 from her Memorial Fund. $8,000 is a lot of money. And it could have gone a lot of places; Children’s Colorado, the UMDF, MitoAction…..but nothing resonated. I wanted to make this $8,000 count. Really count. Like Superman stopping the earthquake count. I wanted to make this Memorial Fund money…
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