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Today was the day – after a beautiful month together, Mr. Blue Eyes had to get on his chariot and begin winging his way home to the Southwest. It would be fair to say that a large number of tears were shed this morning.
But that’s not the whole story. I don’t want to …
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I’ve felt this post coming for a few days and I’ve been pushing it away, not wanting to go there. But here it is, refusing to go away…
When I went back to my high school last week and interviewed Jack Cummings, it precipitated the opening of a huge well of grief that I didn’t …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.leahcarey.com/themiraclejournal/2011/08/22/f-you-i-didnt-ask-for-this/
Tonight I feel cranky and unsettled. Nothing bad happened today, but it was a difficult day nonetheless. A day when I felt like the air around me was crackling with static and my own discomfort.
Tonight I don’t really feel like writing any of my own stuff. Instead a story comes to mind that I …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.leahcarey.com/themiraclejournal/2011/08/09/two-monks/
I’ve been having a serious bout of Crazy the last few days. You wanna know how Crazy?
Today I stopped at McDonald’s and got some french fries.
That may not seem like a very big deal, but I don’t know the last time I did that!!
Then on the way home today I stopped at …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.leahcarey.com/themiraclejournal/2011/07/18/recognizing-crazy/
In the newsroom yesterday a colleague said to me, “You seem so normal. I can’t figure out why you’re working here.” I had to laugh. It seems like my life has been filled with weird shit from day one. It’s the atmosphere I was born into – estranged families, famous and rich people always on …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.leahcarey.com/themiraclejournal/2011/05/07/the-miracle-of-refusing-drama/
Here’s the issue with feeling great and believing that everything is going to work out – at some point, fear kicks in (or perhaps it’s hormones, or not getting enough sleep, or the extra helpings of potato chips I ate yesterday). Actually, I know the answer to this one – it’s a life-long, deeply-ingrained belief …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.leahcarey.com/themiraclejournal/2011/01/16/the-miracle-of-knowing-the-crazy/
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