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Tween Spirit
Most people agree the middle school years are the ones everyone wants to forget. When someone mentions the tween years, I cringe at flashbacks of my 7th grade yearbook picture modeling a shamrock-green, crew-neck sweater with a mammoth perm and a timid smile of silver metal. It also reminds me of a time full of…
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Celebrity Stalkers
If you know my husband, you know his pet peeve is celebrity stalkers. He thinks it’s disrespectful to gawk and ask for photos. He isn’t as enamored as most of us when he’s near fame. A well-known country singer has lived on our part of the lake in OK for many years. For the most…
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How to Quit
About this time last year, a dear friend and previous co-worker sent me a NY Times article, “Should You Quit Your Job?” There was a section about extreme burn out that immediately resonated with me, “. . . I have nothing left to give, and if there’s one more thing, I’m just going to scream…
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New Year’s Eve
It was sometime in my 30’s that a girlfriend told me, “How you spend New Year’s Eve sets the tone for your entire year.” These so-called words of wisdom were her attempt to convince me we needed to make spectacular plans for the occasion. We’d stress about finding the perfect outfits (which were always inappropriate…
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Christmas Present
My son likes to debate which is the best holiday. He, of course, believes it’s Christmas, while I defend the 4th of July. The weather is warm, we’re at the lake, there are fireworks, family & friends, and low-key burgers and beers. Christmas is usually cold and stressful. It’s always the year-end push at work…
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Friendship is Universal
When we traveled to Germany recently, I wasn’t sure how we’d be received by the Europeans. It’d been 8 years since we traveled abroad. Given all that has transpired in the world during that time, I planned to proceed with caution. I repacked multiple times and debated how much Chiefs attire to take, not wanting…
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The First Step
I did something bold. I quit my job, without another job already lined up. Then I did something even bolder. I announced to previous co-workers, friends, family and the universe that I was going to start a blog about how to make bold moves such as, “How to Quit a Job That is Making You…
Bold Moves Are the Best Moves 