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Failing Forward
All my life I’ve been comparing myself to the next gal. I was a teen mom who struggled every day to make ends meet. I worked myself senseless. Always working, never making a career. I used excuses like, “my kids need me” and “I can’t work those long hours and take away from the kids.”… Read more
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Can’t blame a girl for trying
Somewhere over the last couple weeks I lost myself again. Why are bad habits and old ways of thinking so hard to break? October came and while I always initially fall in love with Fall and all of the things that come with it, my seasonal depression works double time to take root in my… Read more
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The Good, The Bad, The Seasonal Affective
Even though September 22 is the official first day of fall, I’ve always considered October to be the real start of fall, but I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with Fall. I love it because fall is a good reminder that we are allowed to shed the things that don’t serve us. We are allowed… Read more
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Two Years Sober
Two years ago today, Flea Market Guy and I were having our last big blowout. I was done with all of his drinking. I was done with the drunk texts to other women. I was done with having to deal with toxic ex-girlfriends. I was done with hangovers. I was done with passing out. I… Read more
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The Gentrification is Strong
It’s been a while since I’ve sat down to write. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. I’ve actually had a lot going on. Most of the distance has been because of time, energy, or the “thing” I was going to write about earlier in the day escaped my brain before I… Read more
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I Can’t Read About Another
When my son was 14, I left him for a week to go out of town. Before I left, I gave him all the ground rules for being home alone. Check in with grandma. Answer your phone when I call you. Make sure you get to bed at a decent hour. Make sure you get… Read more
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