Playing the Strings

Playing the Strings

***Parallel Processing Parallel process is a clinical term used to describe the common occurrence in therapy when the therapist’s own experience is reflected in the…

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Playing in the Not Knowing

Playing in the Not Knowing

I am in the front yard of what I have called home for years and years and I am lighting up sparklers. I light up…

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You Won't Remember

You Won’t Remember

You won’t remember. You won’t remember how after three other births I still had two false labor alarms with you, my fourth, because I was…

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Shoving Things in Drawers

Shoving Things in Drawers

There is something that gets my mother blood boiling in seconds. Clothes shoved in drawers. Even as I write it I realize that it is…

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Marathons and Three Hour Matches in the Hot Sun

Marathons and Three Hour Matches in the Hot Sun

When I was a teenager I played tennis…a LOT of tennis. My tennis matches against players at about my level were notoriously long as were…

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I Wish For You Tears

I Wish For You Tears

I wrote this short post in January of this year (2014). I never posted it because I have been in a bit of a blogging…

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A Christmas Story: Appreciate the Telling

A Christmas Story: Appreciate the Telling

Here is an almost daily scene in our house. “Mama, she….” “I did NOT! I was just…” “You did, too! I saw you!” “I did…

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Fixing My Daughters' Hair

Fixing My Daughters’ Hair

I taught myself to French braid my daughters’ hair this summer. Trophies, diplomas…you can have them all. I won’t forget seeing my daughter’s hair in…

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Through a Glass Darkly

Through a Glass Darkly

***Parallel Processing Parallel process is a clinical term used to describe the common occurrence in therapy when the therapist’s own experience is reflected in the…

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The Seasons Have Never Failed Me

The Seasons Have Never Failed Me

***Parallel Processing Parallel process is a clinical term used to describe the common occurrence in therapy when the therapist’s own experience is reflected in the…

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All Stopped Up

All Stopped Up

When I was a little girl I had allergies. This was before Claritin or Allegra. It was before allergy testing and allergy shots became vogue….

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Good Night.

Good Night.

***Parallel Processing Parallel process is a clinical term used to describe the common occurrence in therapy when the therapist’s own experience is reflected in the…

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The Virtue of a Life Lived Small: A New Year's Challenge in the Wake of Sandy Hook

The Virtue of a Life Lived Small: A New Year’s Challenge in the Wake of Sandy Hook

The New Year is upon us and it is time for us to participate in the yearly tradition of setting new goals and listing our…

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Home for Christmas: Surviving Holiday Family Dynamics

Home for Christmas: Surviving Holiday Family Dynamics

The holiday season is upon us and whether you will stay near or go far chances are that you will be spending time with loved…

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Get. Moving.

Get. Moving.

In the second chapter of Deuteronomy: Then the LORD said to me, “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn…

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