Tag Archive: acceptance

Nov 14

Waiting to exhale

I made it.  Yesterday is over.  I’m grateful for all the support and love I’ve received from everyone.  It’s a reminder to me – in the past I wouldn’t usually say anything, so I wouldn’t get any support.  Just goes to show what happens when I let myself be vulnerable – amazing angels show up …

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Jan 16

The freedom of childhood

Over the weekend I got to spend an evening with my friend Bethany and her adorable 2-year-old daughter T. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, so this was the first time I got to meet T. She’s a bundle of energy and a firecracker.  She was also amazingly willing to entertain herself with …

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Jan 08

My superhero power

It’s been a hard week. I feel empty. I feel sad. There are things that remind me of Mr. Blue Eyes everywhere.

I also noticed that I’ve been engaging in some bad behaviors this week. Most notably, I’ve been fantasizing that we’ll get back together, even after he has made it clear that it isn’t …

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Aug 05

Finding God in unexpected places

As a kid, I was never really sure what “God” meant. It was something that everyone else seemed to understand that was completely beyond my grasp (little did I know that most people were playing a pretty good game of pretending they knew what it meant, too.)

By the time I went to college, I’d …

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Mar 21

The miracle of accepting what is

For the last week or so, I’ve been feeling pretty unmotivated and I’ve been extremely hard on myself about it. In general, I’m someone who thrives on being productive and moving forward with my passions. That’s what makes these periods of inactivity particularly difficult – I feel like I’m being lazy and I’m letting myself …

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