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Mothers & Martians
I am not a natural mother-woman. Over the last 19+ years, it has become glaringly apparent that there are just some things that come easier to other women than they do for me. Breastfeeding was a complete disaster. So much so that I would go to the car to do it if we were in…
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Love & Underground Gardens
It is day one of our 22nd year of marriage. Yesterday we did something old & something new. Neither of us had ever been to the Underground Gardens in Fresno and I like doing things that we have never done before. It wasn’t what I expected, but John had seen it on “California’s Gold” back…
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The Gift of Regret
“Someone is going to die, and someone is going to get pregnant, and you are all going to regret it.” -Aubri O’Brien (circa 1997) Words and moments I am not proud of tend to play over and over again in my mind like scenes from a movie I just can’t unwatch. Sometimes it’s things I…
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Love God, Love Others & Write
(Repost from July 30, 2019) Where do I start? That is seriously the question I am asking myself at this very moment. I know that God has put on my heart to write, but what exactly am I supposed to be writing? I have had book ideas for years, words just seem to want to…
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Thoughts on Life & Choice
There are so many thoughts swirling around in my brain just waiting to find their way to the written page. Books that are begging to be written, blogs that are oozing out my ears, and burdens that are lying heavy on my heart. There is some levity that I’d love to address in all of…
People & Society 