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Heartbreak, Heartache and Moving On After the End of a Friendship

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I’m working on healing. It’s time I write it up and release it. I need to send it out like a message in a bottle so I can move on.
I’m struggling to heal from a very difficult period in my life.
The past few years I have gone through a painful situation with someone who meant [...]

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Land of the Bad Neighbors & Suburban Teenagers

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We have bad luck with neighbors. We bought our first house in an older neighborhood, full of retirees and their perfectly manicured lawns. Our lawn was the saddest on the block. Then a few years later, the house to the south turned into a rental. The beautiful grass turned to weeds and dirt, and we [...]

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Are You Living Deliberately?

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This is a question I ask myself all of the time. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I get sucked up in life’s issues and lose focus.
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had [...]

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The Patriotic Burial That Didn’t Happen

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As we were driving to a hospice meeting for my grandmother today, my oldest stated out of the blue, “I’d like to see Grandpa Wells.”
I almost slammed on the brakes. She knows he is gone. Then I realized we were passing Fort Logan. He was supposed to be buried in Fort Logan.
When he was sick [...]

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Life Happens

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I have ignored my blog for the past few months. I actually haven’t ignored it more than just been pulled away from it. As you know, my dad was diagnosed with kidney cancer on April 1. He passed away on May 2nd. It was a nightmare of a month full of 9-1-1 calls, hospital stays, [...]

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Riding the Cancer Rollercoaster

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Thank you to all my wonderful friends and family for your support and messages. I haven’t been so good about getting back to everyone, but I appreciate and love all of the notes of love and encouragement.
Here’s an update on my dad…
His jaundice had gotten much worse on Thursday and his legs were swelling. He [...]

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Diagnosis: Cancer

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I had planned last week to write a few posts about a dear friend whom I lost in January. Then my life turned upside down on Wednesday.
My dad has been complaining about injuring his shoulder and then his back since early March. He didn’t know what he had done to hurt himself, but the pain [...]

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Good Morning Mourning

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The year 2010 is showing itself to be a rough year. A stressful year and a year full of changes and realizations, but also a year that’s keeping me in mourning. I’m mourning the loss of a friend and a friendship. I’ll save the friendship loss for another post.
A friend of mine, one of the [...]

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Hot Topics – The View & Open Marriages

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I love Valerie Bertinelli. I’m not exactly sure why. Maybe it’s her likeable and down to earth personality. Maybe it’s because I’m fascinated with her Hollywood lifestyle and marriage to a rock star. Maybe it’s because she starred in One Day at a Time and I identified with her character. Either way, I’ve always been [...]

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I am Thankful For…

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I have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend and everyday. And it seems the older I get, the more thankful and appreciative I am for the things I have in my life. When I start to feel like everything and everyone is against me, I remind myself of how lucky I am.
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