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I struggle a lot with self-respect, with recognizing my worth and requesting that other people treat me accordingly. This has been a big issue in my marriage; I...

This month has been expensive for us. I have that familiar feeling of dread about the coming VISA bill. I don’t even want to go look at how much it is. If...

A few silver linings to some stressful situations at home: Now that my daughter comes into our room to sleep on the floor every night, I can write and/or medita...

I’m feeling really down lately. I’m just getting so tired of the self-talk required to keep myself out of the downward spiral–it requires so m...

It’s getting late pretty early now; we’re less than three weeks away from the shortest day. You might think this would be a good time to limit bike ...

What happens every morning, no matter how early I wake up or how quietly I tiptoe through the house: minutes after I sit down to scrawl my mornings pages, or wr...

Sunday night I was feeling really down in the dumps about going back to work. While I love writing and implementing new curriculum, the day to day is wearing me...

Last night my in-laws had our daughter over for a spend-the-night so we ordered Chinese food and enjoyed some cocktails and binge-watched three episodes West.wo...

I spent about an hour Saturday night falling down the rabbit hole of old posts. First I checked out November of 2014, then November of last year. I did NaBloPoM...

I started a tradition when my daughter was two of getting a set of ornaments each year with a character or characters she was really interested in. I have happi...