Category: Essay
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What If
I’ve never been much of a risktaker. Why disrupt the status quo? Why tamper with what works? I’ll admit that sometimes I sort of envy those who can take flight on a whim. You know, that friend who can hop the train to D.C. for a weekend just to experience something new. Or the sibling…
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Getting Old
It’s official. I’m getting old. There’s a few ways I know. 1) I have three strands of white hair. Two are on the right side of my head, one’s on the left. Maybe it’s the stress of my job. Remember how George Bush looked when he took office compared to when he left? Same for…
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Huuuhhhh!
One of my favorite movies is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It reminds me a lot of me and Richard. Sam Sparks and Flint Lockwood, that is. Plus, I think the writers of the story were brilliant. Something that stood out to me while watching it again (funny how you pick up on new…
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The Gala
It was one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had. I didn’t and still don’t know what to think. For one thing, it’s January and it’s absolutely freezing outside. So cold in fact that our area is under a winter storm warning. Today is probably the coldest day we’ve had in the 364 preceding days.…
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Speed Humps
The city recently installed some speed “humps” (not bumps) on a street that I run and drive down frequently. It’s a road that connects Tidewater Drive and Granby Street, two of the busiest roads in Norfolk. Ironically, I was running by when the city workers were out putting the speed humps in place. The speed…
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The Baby Blanket
I guess my mother-in-law figures she won’t be getting a human grandbaby anytime soon. She’s right. I’m not in a hurry. I get this impression because she stopped by the day after Christmas with a special gift for her grand dog, my “fur baby,” Billy, a 3-year-old, 103- pound Golden retriever. Billy and I were…
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Look at the Birds
There’s something special about birds. When I was in high school biology class, we did a birdwatching trip that everyone seemed to loathe. Oh, how I’d love to revisit it. It was dreadful primarily because we had to gather at the school really early in the morning, before the sun came up. I was so…
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God and Gremlins
I started reading Brene’ Brown’s Daring Greatly. Richard highly recommended it to me. It most certainly resonates. It has me wondering where shame and evil voices, hence, evil in general, comes from. When I asked Richard this a few months ago, he simply said, “Evil came about because it could.” Hmm. I guess it’s like…
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Home Alone
Home Alone is one of my favorite movies. It got me thinking about being home alone. I’m a very happily married woman of 8.5 years now and thoroughly love living with my husband. I’m the relatively messy one in the relationship and this, as trivial as it may seem, has been the spark of most…
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Reminiscence, Replacement, and Redemption
I’m in one of those reminiscent moods. I find myself here a lot. Maybe because I’m getting old. Seriously. You know you’re getting old when you lose track of how old you actually are. I turned 33 two months ago but still sometimes think I’m 32. And I had a stark revelation that high school…
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