broken paper hearts
Connection | Parenting

The Latest Ache

Perimenopause Symptom or Sign I Still Have a Heart as Civilization Ends? An ache developed in my breastbone yesterday. I’ll turn 47 this week, so aches are common, but this is a new development. It only lets up when I lie face down in bed and let myself breathe into my pillow for a few […]

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Family at Strawberry Hot Springs in Colorado
Connection | Parenting | Self-Improvement

The Year In One Word

One of the few New Years traditions I love is choosing a word for the upcoming year, an intention summed up concisely. The rub for me is that every year I’ve tried to suggest my own, the universe comes skidding in with a large club, aggressively warning “that’s not it” and sending me in a […]

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Woman in red pants and black sweater looking in hanging mirror
Connection | Self-Improvement

Big Girl Pants

Every year, after the Christmas bustle and just before New Year’s Eve sneaks up, I find myself in reflection mode. Sometimes I’m flabbergasted by the speed at which the year flew; some years have me on my knees in thanks for the blessings and growth; other years, I have to dig a little to excavate […]

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