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Balance, By The Way.

“I withdrew from grad school, Jana.” “Oh, did you?” She jotted this on her notebook, undoubtedly adding it to her [...]
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We are Not Peers

Oh, I see what’s happened here. You two boys think the three of us are peers. That my words to [...]
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Maker’s Gotta Make

I really would not have considered myself to be a Type A person.  I’m just really not.  Take one look [...]
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Minor Breakdown

I was in my therapist’s office when I couldn’t finish my sentences.  I couldn’t follow the conversation, my brain was [...]
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Courage and a Baseball

A neighborhood dad knocked on the door on Sunday afternoon. I opened the door to see him standing on the [...]
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Sandcastles

Imagine building a sand castle. You’ve scouted out the perfect spot, and you’ve built something you’re proud of. Maybe it [...]
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Tough Love

Tough love is a painful go. We have been struggling a bit with new patterns in our home, new routines [...]
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You Cannot Hire Love

“How’s the new place? Are you getting settled in?” We are getting settled in, at an astonishing pace, really. Pictures [...]
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Basketballs and Trampolines and Snacks, Snacks, Snacks

From my living room, a wayward basketball bounces off the side of the house, a boy cheers for his own [...]
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She

She made an appointment to visit the house that was hers the day before. She brought two friends along, who [...]
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Our New Home, Part I

My new home. Double cul de sac. Three streets before ours shows the No Outlet sign. Nobody will drive down [...]
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Trip To Bountiful

I’m sitting at my corner table.  The one I loved so much.  It’s not Starbucks anymore; now it’s Smashburger. The [...]
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Eighties Swing

“Tricia, sometimes I advise you to do something, and I can watch you think it over, take it into consideration, [...]
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Brand New Day

It’s a brand new day, The sun is shining. It’s a brand new day. For the first time in such [...]
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Impromptu Sleepover

I went to bed at 6:45 last night.  My brain had stopped thinking, my heart was overwhelmed, and I could [...]
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Note to Self

Dear Tricia, I choose to call you a rockstar. Even though you triple booked yourself this morning, absentmindedly missing appointments [...]
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Happy Is Happy

Family came from all over the country for a blitz weekend in Ohio to celebrate my aunt and uncle’s wedding [...]
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On the Shoulder

Every day, Helen thought, so many people tap the bull on the shoulder and say, “Excuse me. I’m just going [...]
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It’s All In the Bag

I think you’re going to laugh when I tell you what I did. Everything was going along just fine on [...]
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‘Tis a Fearful Thing

“Mommy, when you find my new daddy, I think you won’t be sad anymore.” Well, my sweet child, I do [...]
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