Ah, marriage. I’m only 15 years into this covenant that has me legally bound to a man who is the complete and utter opposite of me, but I know that a duo with two distinct personality types can and will duel at…
2 Minute Book Review: Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan
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5-minute Book Reviews: The last 3 books I read
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Book Reviews: The Last 3 books I Read
Ok, friends. Welcome to my brain. These are the last 3 books I’ve read. You can follow me on my Goodreads account to see my other book choices. Let’s begin, shall we? Book: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership…
Book Review: Educated, A Memoir by Tara Westover
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Book Review: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
(You’re busy and you don’t really have time to read mediocre books. I read this. Read my review. I promise I’d never recommend anything that is a waste of time.) Book Review: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto Author: Mitch…
Being present, carrels, equal and starting again.
A book review of Present over Perfect, by Shauna Niequist.
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Book Review: Call the Midwife – the 3-book series
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Book reviews in a snap.
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Six 10-second Book Reviews
That’s a lie. There’s no way these book reviews are going to be only 10 seconds. I apologize. I haven’t been blogging every night which means I’ve been reading. Here’s what recently run across my kindle. :: Title: Look Me…
![When I was a kid, my Mom would sometimes go to the grocery store at night while my baby sister and I were "supposed" to be sleeping. Baby sister slept, I stood by the window and watched for her headlights to turn back into the driveway, my stomach a gnarled mess while I waited.
The entire time she was gone I would create ill-fated stories in my mind that would ultimately leave her injured, kidnapped, or left for dead... I think these stories got worse after my Dad died. "What if I lose my one parent?"
I would stand there and worry.
And she always came back.
In one piece.
Over time, after therapy when I was younger, I realized that worrying doesn't shape anything... worrying doesn't CHANGE the outcome... but, it's real.
Telling someone not to worry is about as effective as telling someone not to cry when they're in the midst of full-sobbing or it's like asking someone WHERE they lost the thing that they lost.
"I can't find my keys."
"Where did you lose them."
[silence]
"Um, if I knew where I lost them, then..."
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This time that we're living through right now is BIG and heavy and for the love of ALL THINGS HOLY it keeps on going.
I remember watching The Sound of Music when I was a kid and wondering when in the WORLD it would end. We're STUCK in the Sound of Music.
Schools opened, then closed.
Masks on, then off.
Life started, and stopped.
We've missed get-togethers and holidays.
Weddings and births.
We are as disconnected as ever.
Our worrying and concern and fear and anxiety is there... and it's real.
I see you.
I know this time is hard.
I'm not going to tell you to stop feeling the feelings, I just want you to know that I'm feeling them, too. (And therapy is helping.)
Get yourself a therapist.
Talk about all of this.
As I told one of my girls this week, “It’s ok not to be strong all the time.”
With love,
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