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Stuff, Simplicity, and Letting Go of Expectations

Jasmine — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:29:55 +0000

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…

Jasmine — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:41:58 +0000

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!

Jasmine — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:45:35 +0000

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

Jasmine — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:36:54 +0000

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

Jasmine — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:48:30 +0000

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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Guest Post: Do You Suffer From “Male Pattern Dadness”?

Jasmine — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:58:53 +0000

I met @DiaperDads (aka Scott Schrier) at #wineparty, hosted by Kit from BloggingDangerously.com. We hit it off from the start because he laughed at my crude humor. I checked out his site Dadswhochangediapers.com and was impressed. It is popular for society to dub parenthood as a “mom [...]

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“Advice on How to Discipline a Two Year Old Girl”

Jasmine — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:37:54 +0000

Not everyone has the time or space to manage a blog (or even a quality blog). Sometimes those of us that do forget that it originally writing (blogging) wasn’t about SEO, being the most popular, or having the most viral blog post- it was about connecting with others and sharing your story. I LOVE storytelling. [...]

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