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Weekly Gratitude – Thanksgiving Edition

During this holiday weekend, I decided to go back to the basics and give thanks (and gratitude) for the simple things that are always there. I’m grateful for… My family – my wonderful, large, crazy family for loving me exactly as I am; My friends, for keeping me sane, laughing with me and telling me [...]

My Love List, Part 2

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is a day for giving thanks and remembering all of those people and things we’re grateful for. I wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving by adding to my Love List, rejoicing in the things that I love, because I’m so blessed to have so much. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that [...]

Let Go

A week ago, I called my mother to ask about Thanksgiving plans. I had a vague idea about what our family might be doing this year, but I hadn’t heard about anything concrete. When her response involved saying, “Oh, I don’t know. I was thinking, maybe…,” I started to panic. We didn’t have a plan. [...]

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