The Blueberry Catastrophe
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Whether the forgetting is circumstantial, a lack of mindfulness, or time induced, I don’t like it one bit. Forgetting sucks.
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Unfinishedness
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Did you know unfinishedness is an actual word? Listening to a recent NPR radio broadcast, I thought the speaker made up the word to make their point.
Read MoreCourageous Captain
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We get to choose the words and behaviors we use to cope when devastation finds us. In this piece, using the found poem poetic form, words from an article on a life well lived are remastered to convey the starkness many people experience.
Read MoreBeing a dork won't kill you
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Being a dork won't kill your humanness but being an asshole will.
Read MoreWedding Band
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The loss of innocence and trust hurt worse than the black eye. You can walk away.
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Sweet 2016
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"When was the last time you did something for the first time?" --Sally Edwards
Ready, set, go and write your Sweet 2016 goals with intention. May you experience your most mindful and best year ever.
The Day the Music Started
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I went into childbirth labor on Halloween night an hour before midnight.
Read MoreBreakup with Resistance
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Resistance to the experiences life has thrown at me, the bricks of change I refused to accept are becoming the foundation of a way forward.
Read MoreNight Crawling on Anywhere Avenue
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What do elder life transitions, closure, and downsizing have in common? They are complex yet melancholic occasions for mindfulness as we cover unfamiliar ground.
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