Category: Essay
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The Deposition
Work has been a little heavy on me this week. I survived that darn deposition on Wednesday morning. My heart was hammering away when I got there and when I got in my office. It didn’t help that when I had just walked in, through the break room, Tish was there, in her charming-but-slightly-overly-perky, fast,…
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My Toddler
Those who think I should have a toddler at this stage in my life should know that I have a 5-year-old Golden retriever. He’s currently nestled into his fort – the rectangular space beneath my desk (a black, fold-out table from Wal-Mart). He’s sleeping on the hand-sewn blanket Grandma made him, which is in fact…
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Your Obituary
“What do you want your obituary to say?” My husband asked me this shortly after 5:00 on a Saturday morning. I joked, “I’d want it to please people.” I’m a people pleaser, according to a test I took in a sort-of self-help book. Richard laughed and said he’d want his obituary to convey that he…
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Red Meat & Prime Video
You never know what you have till it’s gone. This is true. Have you seen it in your life? I know I’ve seen it in mine. Just this week. I told my husband a mere five days ago, “I’m thinking about not eating red meat anymore.” I could envision myself saying at barbeques with friends,…
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Grass Cutting
Tis the season for grass cutting. I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to early fall, back to back-to-school season, early September. Cross country season. Hurricane season. Ah. My dad taught me how to push a lawnmower at the ripe age of nine. My favorite lawnmowers are the old school…
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Sketchy Gas Stations
Have you ever been to a gas station that wasn’t sketchy? Just last week I stopped at a “Miller Mart” about half a mile from my job, on a busy street in a bustling city. I noticed that the screen at the pump said “$9.00 prepaid.” The machine refused to take my debit card. I…
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Temps
The older I get, the less I like the heat. It was so bad today that I was thinking about how nice winter will be. I’m a cold natured person, like a lot of my women my age. Just the other day as I sat in my office at work, I had my space heater…
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Introspection
Have you ever had to distance yourself from people in your life? I have. It’s not pleasant but sometimes it’s necessary if you want to progress toward a well-defined goal such as being a better spouse or better employee or obtaining your degree or even just having more peace in your life. I’ve been thinking…
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Instruction for the Ignoramus
Have you ever felt stupid? Stupid isn’t a nice word. Ignorant, incompetent, unintelligent? A doofus, an ignoramus, a fool? It’s not a good feeling, especially when you feel that way in an environment in which you’re supposed to know what you’re doing. In front of other people. This happened to me yesterday, and I’m still…
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Love Your Brothers
Do you ever think about what it means to love other people? I’m not talking so much about romance here, but more of a practical, day-to-day concern for the wellbeing of others. The Bible talks a lot about it. Jesus said that’s how the world would know people are his disciples: if they love one…
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