Contributing A Verse
Four weeks ago, I sat in a stale-smelling, artificially-lit waiting area of Maine Medical center. It was 6:30 am and my first-born child had just been wheeled into surgery. First child. First surgery. I was told – first patently, then patronizingly – that I had “no reason” to worry. The …
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Going To My Happy Place
The following is the transcript from my final piece of story from SheSpeaks, my evening of women’s storytelling 5.8.14, and set the stage for Donna Desilet’s story: Salty Tears, Salty Sea. I want to try something with you. You know when you do a guided meditation or one of those …
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A Love Letter To My Mom
Forty-four years ago today, at 11:33 am, this woman and I made a rockin’ team. Working together, we brought me into the world. And I am so very grateful. So rather than tell her how much I love her, again, I thought I’d go public with my gratitude to her. …
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A New Take On “Happy”
I had the most amazing woman read me a poem at our spontaneous lunch together earlier this week. I’m usually not a poem sort of person, but this made my pulse quicken and my eyes dance with knowing. I think I even panted a bit. Why? Because these women – …
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Being Raised By A Place
Last week I heard a phrase that resonated deeply with my soul. And in that moment, a large chunk of my life – both personally and professionally – went “click” and just fell perfectly into place. I was listening to one of the women of my In Her Words writing …
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Mama Had A Baby And Her Head Popped Off
Author’s note: I wrote this post nearly five years ago (August, 2008). It was at the end of a long and crazy summer, as I recall – I had a five year old, a two-year old business, a one-year old baby, and was gearing up for my very first Homecoming …
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Bad-Ass Naked Cake Series: The Story
This is the final post in my series of three this week, and it’s probably the most intriguingly obtuse of them all (even I don’t yet fully understand what it means, and this is ME I’m writing about…) So if you have any insights, I’d love to hear them! For …
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The Bad-Ass Naked Cake Series: The Letter
Ok, so if you’re just joining me in this series, this is the second of three posts that show what it looks like when I take a dose of my own medicine. I’m part of my own pilot group for my women’s writing experience, In Her Words, so I’ve been …
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The Bad-Ass Naked Cake Series: The Journal
When I made the leap to start my own business after eleven years working in the corporate world, I drew this picture. This was the woman I wanted to be. This was me, the bad-ass woman, full of juice and ready to change the world. She’s my inspiration, my muse. …
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What Sticks To You
Sometimes it feels like messages from the universe attach themselves to us like those pesky dryer sheets cling to the backs of our shirts or nestle inside our pant legs. They adhere to us with static electricity and wait to be discovered. That happened to me last week. There I …
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