Get Off the Beaten Path & Live Life Using Your Two Hands and Two Feet

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The world has lost one of its best. An inspiration to so many, a mentor to even more. Vince LaGuardia passed away last Friday night doing what he loved most – making music.

I met Vince after I had graduated high school and had decided that pre-med wasn’t for me and maybe music was a better [...]

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I saw this online this morning and had to share it. I am focusing on those things that set me on fire and learning to let the rest go.
“You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the [...]

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Chevy gave me two tickets to see the Broncos play the Kansas City Chiefs at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium on January 1st. I am part of their Chevy Socialite program. I am so thankful to the Chevy people for giving us the tickets. It was my first time to see a Broncos [...]

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I’m not a strong believer in new year resolutions, because so many are so excited for a new year, a fresh beginning, that the motivation jumps up. Until we get back into our routines and the resolutions fade.
Some can keep it up and honor their resolutions and some revisit in November before the year [...]

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Disclaimer – this post is a tad on the TMI side. I’m discussing breasts, mine to be exact, which may be more than some can stomach.
I recently had my female check up. I received the letter in the mail, groaned and went ahead and called in to make the appointment. I figured I’d [...]

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I have worked hard this season, as I always do, to fill my children’s lives with holiday cheer and Christmas joy. No matter how many holiday parties, gatherings and breakfasts with Santa that we attend, I always feel guilty when I realize what we didn’t do. If it were up to me, we’d be visiting [...]

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The world is grieving the passing of Steve Jobs. A genius. His work and his words have changed the lives of many. He will always be an inspiration.
Here are a few of my favorite Steve Jobs’ quotes -
Your time is limited..don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Don’t be trapped by Dogma, which is living [...]

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I can’t believe the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 is here. It just doesn’t seem possible for 10 years to have passed, but it has.
My daughter also turns 10 in less than a month. I can’t believe I have a daughter who is that old. I’m not that old, am I?
I was pregnant on [...]

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I wrote a few weeks ago about meeting a woman in a parking lot who scammed me out of a few dollars and my struggle to figure out when and where it is best to give. My friend Gretchen at LifeNut has done a much better job of finding a great cause to help the [...]

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This past weekend I was finishing up back to school shopping with my daughters. We left the mall and were walking to our car when I was stopped by a desperate, upset woman wearing scrubs.
The first thing she said to me was “I’m going to cry.”
Her face looked like it.
She went on to explain to [...]