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Category Archives: The Lot of It

Rushed, always rushed, I stood in the checkout line. Shifting from foot to foot, glancing at the clock while precious seconds slipped away, I was annoyed that I once again chose the slow line. The woman in front of me had given the cashier the wrong brand of formula or something. An employee delivered the […]

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Sometimes, I think about how different childhood looked in the 80’s and 90’s from how it looks today. Technology, now so easily accessible, has changed our worlds. It’s changed how we parent, given us reasons to stay at home when our children are young and an equal amount of reasons about how important it is […]

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It was from the comfort of my home and in the quiet of my office, my son sleeping upstairs, that I texted my friend Kerri, while she rode in her car, late at night, driving from Massachusetts to Georgia. She’d told me earlier that month that they’d found a doctor willing to do further DNA testing on her […]

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I can’t remember whether or not I checked the mail this afternoon or on which days I have meetings next week, yet I remember feelings, outfits, the weather and the sounds during certain moments from my past. People talk about memories that haunt them. That idea brings to mind imagined images of tragedy. Of fear […]

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Where has the time gone? It feels as though this year passed in a single breath. And yet, when I slow down and focus on the minutes and the hours and the adventures, I remember many breaths. Some were spent anticipating. Living. Others, worrying, and waiting. Getting through. Some of my breaths were held and […]

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