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Don’t Miss the View
Two decades later, I still remember that Tuesdays were reserved for sprint repeats in Track & Field practice. Twelve 200m’s seemed altogether impossible. That totaled three all out miles! Sometimes I would have to walk one out just to catch my breath. Obviously everyone was short of breath, but I would be trailing across the (…) MORE »
Persons on a Journey
Four years ago I was a strangely intriguing woman. One of those whose memoirs you’d like to read but someone you wouldn’t want to spend too much time with, for fear that I might rub off on you. I had over the national average of children, each of them fully intended, all under age 10. (…) MORE »
Princesses Don’t Eat Cake
I applaud Dove’s revolutionary efforts toward a cultural embrace of real women with real curves, yet I cannot deny the impact of body image messages handed down generationally. Like many young ladies, I became keenly aware of body image around the age of puberty, which for me occurred soon after Richard Simmons became popular. Headbands (…) MORE »
It’s All About [the Magic, the Memories, and] You
High hopes often bring out the worst in people. Take for instance my visit to Disneyland during Christmas week. The Happiest Place on Earth + the most wonderful time of the year = high probability of wrecked expectations. It happened for me in Adventure Land. I had just jolted my way through the Indiana Jones (…) MORE »
The Perspective to Receive
The light of dawn seeps through the blinds as my toddler stirs beside me. At 27 months, he still nurses before waking. In true boy fashion, his routine is to take one side, then the other, then climb over to Daddy to rest his head on Dad’s arm. Snuggling with Mommy hasn’t been his thing (…) MORE »
