After my dad moved out, I prided myself on being the new “Man Of The House”. I quickly learned a little bit about all the tools we had lying around and I started keeping the hammer in my bedroom so that I was assured the honor of being the one to use it should the need arise.
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Guest Post: Journey To Divorce
It’s been ten years since it all started. Not the divorce itself but the deterioration of a ten year relationship. Sometimes you see it coming and other times not so much. It seems like when things start to get out of hand it’s almost impossible to reel them back in.
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Raise your hand if you’ve seen the movie, Magnolia. (Just kidding, I can’t see your hands anyway.) It’s been several years since I’ve seen the flick, yet it remains one of my all-time favorites. Call me crazy, I really like exquisitely sad movies that expose the raw, real, messed-upedness of our humanity. It’s a beautiful thing. One of my favorite scenes is this one…
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Back in my days of being a pseudo-stepmom, I used to read bedtime stories to Josh (I miss that. A lot.). One of my favorites came from a book called Zen Shorts, by Jon J. Muth. It went something like this…
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Today’s song came as a suggestion from a regular reader. It’s one of my favorite Billy Joel songs… when it’s on the radio, I find myself spinning to volume knob to the right and driving a little faster. Do you? Here’s I Go To Extremes….
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