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Seduced by the American Dream
I’ve recently been feeling like I’ve been seduced by the American Dream. It’s not a bad dream really. It’s just not for me. The other day I finally got around to cleaning my house. I don’t get to do...
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Daily Ground – - -Paying attention to Spring – - – February 21st
Presence and attention are the most precious gifts we can give to another. When I did my first internship as a budding therapist in graduate school, I learned this loud and clear. I worked at a youth...
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I want to be perfect!
There – I said it! I really do want to be perfect! Not in the Barbie Doll kind of way with the pink corvette, swimming pools, and the blonde hair. But perfect in the way I feel. I want to be perfect...
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Beauty from suffering
There was a time when I actually wondered how my kids would have depth if they didn’t suffer like I did as a child. I never, ever, ever, ever wanted them to have to experience the things I did, but I...
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Death and Taxes
I wrote this entry a year ago. I wanted to write another for today, but I thought instead, I’l just repost. Writing is a wonderful way to chronicle the feelings of our past; we can relive them....
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Happy Hallmark Holiday – Uh – I mean Happy Mother’s Day!
The best mother’s are the ones who don’t make their children feel guilty about Mother’s Day! The old days are gone when I had to feign sleep so my kids could surprise me with breakfast in bed. The joy...
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The spiritual practice of letting go. . .yes even with our children
My daughter isn’t dead. . .I simply took her to college. She is a mere 163 miles away from home, but the emptiness in my heart feels like a faint shadow of grief and loss. While in her dorm room,...
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I can never find the right gift for you. . .
The problem with finding the perfect Christmas gift is that if you are over the age of 8, it doesn’t exist. When you are young there is all magic and surprise and the right toy or new pajamas warms...
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Who doesn’t want to be remembered?
March 7, 1957 Theresa Marie Stilling was born. She was my only sister born 6-1/2 years before me. The story I grew up hearing was that she danced and sang at my birth, “Ive got a little sister, I’ve...
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I was heartbroken to hear that Mac Miller died on September 7, 2018. Whether or not you listen to his music or are a connoisseur of rap/hip-hop music (as I am), the news of another young, bright (so...
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