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Fixed for Peace
Sometimes there are just too many apologies that need to be made. Ones you’ll never get because the person who owes them is incapable of that thing called perspective. A romantic relationship is never not complicated. It’s not the love part. That’s either there or it’s not. It’s not the attraction. There’s a spark that…
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Six Hands on the Handlebars
My parents were separated. They only stayed that way for two years. Two very important, sometimes scary years. I took comfort in my visits from my brother. He always wanted to play. Six years older than me, a jokester, my closest confidant and life coach during my formative years. One fine rainy day while he…
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Rejection
These walls were built for you That enemy that wears too many hats Who talks too much and knows too much about me Knows the ways to get down into the cracks of my psyche Apparently has a roadmap to my soul Knows how to make me lose my self-worth Knows how to bruise me…
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Love You More
Finding someone who celebrates you is entirely underrated. Finding someone who happily kisses all the rough edges and the broken parts of your heart without trying to fix you, that’s love. And that’s what it means to say, “I love you more”. It has been the journey of my life to find myself. I am…
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Self- Discipline
Self-discipline doesn’t end at “as it pertains to self” it also applies to what you’re willing to do for the benefit of those you love. (Giving up some bad habit or structuring your days differently or retraining your focus where it was once free to roam unabated or eating better or moving more, all in…
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Surviving Daughters
We all have a unique experience when we lose a parent. If you have siblings, not one of them will be going through the same experience as you at the same time even though you had the same loss. It’s not just because of the timeline difference. It’s because our mothers have unique relationships with…
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How to love a child who doesn’t love you back – a mother’s honest narrative of raising a child with reactive attachment disorder : Institute For Attachment & Child Development
When people dream of adoption, they often picture a child to love who loves back and settles into their family beautifully. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the reality. — Read on www.instituteforattachment.org/how-to-love-a-child-who-doesnt-love-you-back-a-mothers-honest-narrative-of-raising-a-child-with-reactive-attachment-disorder/
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Dear Mom,
Your voice has faded from my memory. I’m always a little jealous when people say things like, “I can still hear her voice” when they talk about you. “Can you?” I want to say. “I can’t.” Though they tell me I sound like you. You know how in movie flashbacks when the daughter or son…
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Rumors
Rumors are the shards of glass that fall from the shattered chandelier of adolescence. They stick in your feet as you try to walk by them with your head held high and scar your hands when you try to clean them up. When you get dressed and try to go about your day, they constantly…
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SHARED Trauma and a Facebook Post
Dear William, I wanted to write a response to you regarding your comments on my post but I needed to do some digging first. Like, the real deep kind. My knee-jerk reaction was just to make a snarky comment and set you in your place. That’s not what I dreamed up when I made that…
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Cliques vs Friend Groups
Ladies, hear my words and rethink your attitude toward other women! Cliques still kill me. I’ve never understood the need to stand shoulder to shoulder with other women and make other people feel unwelcome. But it doesn’t mean I don’t want to be accepted or that I’m somehow immune to the sting of rejection. When…
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Finding YOUR PEOPLE and ACCEPTING YOURSELF
I used to hate my stomach. Then I hated my arms. Then I felt insecure about all of the things. ALL OF THE THINGS…. I used to wish I was smarter. I used to wish I had more tact. I used to wish I fit in everywhere with everyone. EVERYWHERE WITH EVERYONE….(sigh) And then one…
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Grains: Sensitivities beyond wheat | PCC Community Markets
There is little to no medical controversy over whether wheat and other grains trigger allergies or sensitivities. They do. Where controversy enters is in the areas of incidence and symptoms to grains other than wheat. — Read on www.pccmarkets.com/sound-consumer/2011-08/grains_beyond_wheat/ Another good article on grain sensitivity.
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9 Weird Signs You Should Avoid Grains
While you may think of grains as a go-to, easy item to have around, grains may be cause your body more harm than good. As someone with celiac disease, I’m very familiar with the negative effects grains can have on a person’s body. However, the term… — Read on www.bustle.com/p/9-weird-signs-you-should-avoid-grains-5499460 I’m pretty sure after 3…
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One Turtle at a Time
Our last morning at Oak Island I was packing up the villa and stopped to take the dogs for their last hoorah on the beach. I noticed the turtle patrol ladies digging in a hole right at the beach access I had used all week. A little back story here. I know all about these…
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The Snack Epidemic | Parents
Cookies at school, crackers for car rides, chips after sports … This around-the-clock nibbling is hurting kids’ eating habits — and their health. — Read on www.parents.com/recipes/nutrition/kids/the-snack-epidemic/ I think there might be a lot of us out there but we are too afraid to say anything. Afterall, nobody wants to be that parent. But look…
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How to Eat Like a French Woman
How to Eat Like a French Woman — Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/eat-like-a-french-woman-how-to/amp I thought this was an interesting read. I was remembering having read an article somewhere where a woman described having lived in France and how even the children waited for mealtime and didn’t snack all the time. I was looking for that and ran…
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