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My newest hero

by Carolyn on September 4, 2009

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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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Feeling wanted

by Carolyn on August 27, 2009

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As a child of divorce I’ve lived my life with one enormous fear.  The fear of not being wanted.  It still haunts me.  I’ve seen it haunt others.  Like a monkey on our backs that lays dormant for a while but wakes up at the slightest hint of confirmation.  I wish it wasn’t so.  I [...]

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Nothing like a single mom

by Carolyn on August 10, 2009

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My husband is gone right now.  Away on a camping/fishing trip that he takes every year.  This trip is a highlight for him.  Something he looks forward to literally from the time he returns home.  He takes a few of these trips each year.  A winter camping trip.   An ‘open the cottage’ trip.  He’s even [...]

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Worthy of my scar

by Carolyn on June 25, 2009

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I’m fine, thanks. Don’t worry about me. I’m good… really.
We’ve all said them. Those words that tell others that we are fine and thereby don’t need their sympathy, support, care or concern. Even when sometimes we do. Why is that? A fear of vulnerability? A need to always appear strong? Or maybe a sense that [...]

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