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Parenting is not like it looked in the “brochures.” You know the ones I’m talking about? The mother has showered and has perfect hair and make-up. The brochure where she is wearing skinny jeans and heels weeks after having the baby. The brochure where dinner is hot and ready at a mo ...
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I swore to Andy and my friends I would be leaving the hospital with two things: a new pair of Manolo’s and a baby. I hadn’t seen my feet in about a month and I wanted to show my body it hadn’t gotten the best of me. My feet were pouring out of my shoes, swollen to the heavens. I was ...
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In my youth I had fleeting moments when I wondered what hell was like. As I’ve matured and had life experiences, I know now that hell is an experience of stretching beyond what you think you can handle. It takes you to the edge and then pushes one step beyond, yet you find you are still s ...
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My Dad is a crier, a total bawler --and not the kind rap stars refer to. He is the Dad who can’t watch a commercial about family, daughters, wives, dogs, cats, basketball wins or anything where an injustice might be shown. He will well up and you won’t be able to talk to him for a few min ...
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It was anything but "love at first sight" for me and Andy. My first day at my new job was his last. He had quit his job to to seek his “dot com fortune.” I was introduced to him briefly, but never thought about him again. A group of co-workers went out to dinner about a month later an ...
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Andy and I knew if we were to sustain our sanity we needed to get away for a few days. People that knew what was going on with us personally surrounded our world. We needed to be in a place where we could fly under the radar and nobody knew our names. Havin ...
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There are places of loud. There are places of silence. These places are in the world and in the soul. I have a favorite beach that combines both of these. It is on the North Shore of Oahu. There is a beautiful palm tree that gently kisses the sand, ...
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