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Stuff, Simplicity, and Letting Go of Expectations

By On April 1, 2012 · 25 Comments

I’ve been reading Minimalist Packrat’s blog over the last couple of days. Finding Tanja’s blog was  Kismet. In a post that made me CRY, Tanja wrote this:

SIMPLE THINGS OFTEN AREN’T SIMPLE

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I got that tank because I had an idealized view of reality in my head, where a small tank of fish [...]

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Some Days Are Like This…

By On March 6, 2012 · 4 Comments

The sun shines in the window. It warms my skin and heats up the room. The joy should be palatable, but it isn’t. Isaiah begs, “Mommy… PLEASE can we play.” I hear myself answer, “No honey. Mommy doesn’t feel good.”

 

He doesn’t understand. I don’t look sick, so how could I be sick.

This is depression.

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Errbody Talkin’ Bout Diabetes!

By On January 21, 2012 · 4 Comments

Everybody is all up in arms about Paula Deen’s announcement.  Some people are saying it seemed obvious because of the way she ate, some people are tsk tsking her recipe choices, and some people are writing about her as if she needs to promptly provide a last will and testament.

I was diagnosed with [...]

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Delilah Radio, A Rant

By On November 17, 2011 · 2 Comments

I am not the extra mushy gushy kind of girl. I am not even the girl that gets unusually worked up about cry cry movies (and pregnant crying and watching “The Secret Life of Bees” SO doesn’t count!). I will sit in a crowd of people telling tales of dying puppies and broken rainbows and [...]

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#Project Totus: What do you NEED

By On November 12, 2011 · 3 Comments

Wants and needs are SO very different. As a person who has spent a large amount of her time doing what I thought would please other people (I know, hard to believe RIGHT!), I sometimes struggle to determine what it is I need. What do you need? Do you know? Abraham Maslow contends that self-actualization, [...]

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