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You know, I just really don't like fitting into a mold, being predictable, being a stereotype. It just goes against my well-developed sense of specialness! For example, this morning I'm sitting at my favorite coffee shop (Panera Bread), working on emails, lesson plans, and this message to you. And, just for the effect, every time I go back to the coffee station for a refill, I make a point of whistling "Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly," just loudly enough to be heard by ... well most... Read Full Story
Saturday brought Little Sis’s camp experience to a close, hubby and I found a delighted girl bouncing in a magical forest. A presentation in the “AC” (I was quickly informed it wasn’t cool to call it by the full name – Activity Centre) showed a DVD full of smiling faces and wonderful activities. Little Sis was full of stories of all her great adventures, the highlight when she was the only girl to make it to the very top of a rock wall and ring the bell of victory!!! The delusions we fall... Read Full Story
As my nail technician filed and buffed my gel nails she spoke of her life before kids and marriage and toted the joy she experienced when living on her own and expressed how she sometimes longed for those days. I then realized that in my entire 27 (dangerously close to 28) years I have never lived by myself. Granted I had a good six-year run of not co-habiting with a mate and of course there was the eighteen-year stint of the life of luxury and ease under my parent’s roof… still I had never... Read Full Story
My stomach topsey, turvey, a slight shake in my hands, joy caught right at the bottom of my throat I braided Lexie’s hair this morning…. I’m going to summer camp!!! Well not me – sadly I don’t think there are summer camps for 27 year olds, but my body doesn’t seem to know that. I feel anticipation and excitement all over just as if I were going! I am sure Lexie will have the most amazing time!! I picture her riding horses, swimming, playing tag and paddling a canoe. Nothing could squash the... Read Full Story
