For some reason the other day I remembered the cutest bathing suit I ever had.  I was probably about 11 or 12, just getting a figure.  I was still enjoying childhood, and never realized that I had slipped into adolescence overnight.  That is, until my first day at the pool that summer, when it became obvious that my thin cotton…

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Like many people, I’m in transition right now.  And even though I know it’s an amazing opportunity and deep down believe it’s all going to turn out splendidly, sometimes I feel discouraged.  And when I’m in the lowest points – as I was a week or two ago – I start to question why life has to be so hard…

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Something really big happened yesterday, and it took a whole day for it to even register. Someone told me she’d been reading my blog.  This is not someone I really know.  I’d only met her once in passing through a mutual friend, who apparently told her about it.  But not only did she say she’d been reading it – and…

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For the last week or so I’ve been feeling a bit discouraged and scared about my financial future.  I’m in the midst of an experiment to see if I can actually make a living doing things that I love and give me joy.  I’ve been exploring ways to turn my love of singing and my love of writing into visible…

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I’ve been feeling a little low.  I’ve been away from a traditional job for over a year now, trying to discover what brings me joy and how to support myself while having the freedom to do those things.  I still have some money in the bank, but not enough income to sustain my “sabbatical” a whole lot longer.  I find…

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My spiritual director, Jean, advised me to go on a writer’s retreat today.  I’ve been experiencing writer’s block and she felt it might help if I took a day, not necessarily to write, but to feed the writer in me.  So, since I’ve never gone wrong following her instructions, today I retreated. Last night I checked in to my room,…

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I was taking a shortcut in the grocery store from produce to dairy when it happened again.  One minute I was rolling along with my cart and my list, grooving to some surprisingly good tunes on the loudspeaker, and then I saw them. I came to a dead stop. I got that familiar sinking/queasy feeling somewhere between anxiety and terror….

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Well, we did it.  Bob & I successfully installed our first water heater yesterday.  It took from 9 a.m. until just after 6 p.m., with no breaks except a trip to Home Depot.  It was an adventure which included some fun, some frustration and some very helpful friends.  We started the day with a “team meeting” where we acknowledged that…

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I’ve just passed the first anniversary of being laid off from my job and to celebrate, I’m paying attention to how I’ve changed, what I’ve learned about myself, and what I’ve accomplished in this year of freedom and discovery.  One thing that feels different about the me I am now is that I don’t seem so scared about stuff.  For…

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I imagine my hordes of faithful blog readers have been wondering where I’ve been for the past few months. Thank you, by the way, for not inundating me with emails, calls, texts, etc., demanding to know what’s going on and when I’ll be back.  It was nice of you to grant me the space for some necessary evolution.  But I…

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