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originally posted 2018 I remember pulling away from the dealership in the minivan fifteen years ago, turning around and looking wistfully...

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An interesting phenomenon happens when you‘re waiting: You have time on your hands. Your mind feels a bit scattered, you're fidgety and...

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I have an hour of free time between errands. I head toward my favorite stop: the bookstore. I drift between genres, picking up books...

I used to get books for Christmas. I don't anymore. Mainly because my husband says, How am I supposed to know what book to get you?? And...

Thanksgiving is hard. There, I said it. I'm hosting. My family is (mostly) a delight. We pretty much agree politically AND religiously. I...

My new friend and I are laughing so hard we are wiping away tears. I can barely catch my breath. I sit in a chair close to her at the end...

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I stand in the kitchen on a rainy October day eating blueberry coffee cake. My mom has been diagnosed with cancer. Life throws us this...

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