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Returning to My Hometown: My 5 Takeaways
(1,943 words or 18 minute read) Recently I had the rare opportunity to revisit a time period in my life that shaped me. I was lucky enough to rewind the clock by several decades, long before I was a mother, a wife, a goat farmer or a Virginian. The past few years I have been →
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? I Am here For It and Let Me Tell You Why
(5 minute read) Normally I do not poke my nose into the business of celebrity match ups, but with this pairing I feel compelled to speak up. From one Mama Bear to a couple other mama bears, Donna and Andrea, I will get right to the point. Your kids are just right for each other. →
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Who is in your Framily?
(6 minute read) I was a freshman in college when I first met my framily. At the time, I had no idea how much these people would mean to me in my life. During the early months of dating the tall boy with freckles who was two years older than me, I heard about the →
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Do you get Cancel Pleasure?
(5 minute read) I am usually one for “cancel pleasure.” Not today. Right now I should be up in the sky above Virginia en route to the west coast. Instead, I am sitting with my coffee and dogs at home on my sofa. Usually, I am one of those odd home bodies that like when →
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From Acorn to Sapling
10 minute read) I sat in my seat at the Schar Center on the campus of Elon University in North Carolina and wept as 2023 graduate Candace Rhodes sang these lyrics from the beautiful song by Andra Day: “You’re broken down and tired Of living life on a merry go round And you can’t fight →
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Step Back in Time, But Remember to Hike Your Hike
(12 minute read) It is no surprise that I love nostalgia. I enjoy a good retro theme party as much as the next person. I like any movie or book that takes place in yesteryears with all the fashion trends and pop culture of the time. Memoir writing allows me to travel back to my →
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How Can I Help You Best, Little Ones?
7 minute read) There is a bird that built her nest right in the middle of our gravel driveway. She could not have chosen a more highly traveled spot. In order to avoid smashing the four small speckled eggs one needs to drive straight over so the tires flank the nest instead of flattening the →
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How to Feel a Full Heart When Your Nest is Empty
(9 minute read) Ask any mother when she is most happy and she will tell you it is when all her little chicks are under the same roof. This is especially true for the empty nester. I know that full-hearted feeling well. The last time I had that it was Thanksgiving. It is the end →
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When Women Gather
(10 minute read) March is Women’s History Month. It is the perfect time for me to highlight the power of female camaraderie. I am not only referring to the progress made by our strong sisters who worked tirelessly two centuries ago, women like Lucy Stone, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I am thinking →
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