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Confession time. I have to admit, I’m kind of disappointed in myself. When I started this blog, one of the first issues I wrote about was my lack of authenticity. How I had lost myself in an attempt to always be fulfilling the needs and expectations of others. Only showing the parts of me that [...]
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I stumbled across an interesting website application today. It’s called formspring.me and on it, people can ask you any question and then you can answer. You don’t need to register to ask questions or see answers. I thought it was a neat idea so I registered! I know I’m quite open with you all here, [...]
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I know, I know. Here we go again. This is something I’ve been trying to get off the ground for as long as this website has been around. It’s just such a big part of my vision for this space, I can’t let it go. And I want so very much for it to be [...]
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I find myself dreading and avoiding that age old, over asked question this January. “What’s your New Year’s resolution?” I usually have one. In years past, I’ve answered with one of the typical and over used options like working out, losing weight, eating right and being organized. But this year I can’t even keep up [...]
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I always wanted a full blooded sibling. For a couple of reasons. First, I always wished for someone to share the burden of being the last remaining relic of my parent’s marriage. It’s hard feeling like an anchor around your parent’s ankles; tethering them to one another when they so very much wanted to be [...]
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Have you ever wished you could write an utterly honest letter to your father? Stepmother? Stepsibling? Daughter? Your ex husband’s wife? Your husband? Well, now you can do just that and post it anonymously on what I think is one of the best websites for divorced and blended families. While doing an interview a while back [...]
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I’ve got a few posts swimming through my head right now, but every time I sit down to write I come back to this. I never really meant this place to become a personal journal. I never wanted it to detail the day to day happenings of my life. But today this post must be [...]
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The Misalignment of Love
by Carolyn on October 6, 2010
This past weekend, I had a poetic family moment. You know, one of those greeting card moments where you visualize a leather bound book opening to a picture of the exact scene you’re sitting in. It was Saturday morning and my husband and I were lounging in bed while our son, who as usual [...]
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