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A Star From the Past
“Something Good” Sunday I have not been silent about my mental health struggles. I’m grateful that they are no longer as bothersome to me as they once were. I talk loudly about what I’ve been through so that others might relate and understand that they are not alone in what they’re experiencing, and most importantly,… →
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The Holidays
It’s only June. Summer hasn’t even officially started yet and here I am longing for autumn. For some reason, I really wish it was October already. I want it to be spooky season again. With the pumpkins on the porch and the leaves falling and the evenings being cool and breezy. Scary movies on tv,… →
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Good Post-Christmas Music
It’s Sunday. As such, I usually have something posted a lot earlier in the day than almost 6:00 pm. But despite a series of days where my mood was cheerful and playful and chatty, I have run into a day where I’m just not. It happens. I woke up with an intense headache that I… →
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Flashback to the Days After
It’s the day after Christmas. It’s also Flashback Friday. I have a wonderful app called Timehop that shows me what pictures I’ve taken and what I’ve posted on social media on this day each previous year. Today when I scrolled through 15 years of December 26th memories, I noticed quite a few pictures like this:… →
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5Ws Wednesday—What does that remind you of?
With tomorrow being Christmas Day, I am basking today in the glow of our Christmas decorations. All of them are reminiscent of past memories in some way. Our tree for example: Most of the ornaments on our tree are not just random ornaments. Many are gifts from students (or their parents) over the years. Some… →
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Music/Movie Monday—A Christmas Story
With this being the last Monday before Christmas, I feel compelled to share my favorite part of the movie “A Christmas Story”. It is my absolute favorite Christmas movie and I truly think it’s one of those “you just had to be there” kind of movies. I’m pretty sure my supervisor at work hasn’t seen… →
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Tis the Season
What was the last thing you did for play or fun? As an adult with adult responsibilities, the things I do for play are not big things. And they’re not always the same things I would have considered fun when I was a kid. Don’t get me wrong, I still love a good amusement park… →
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5Ws Wednesday—Why all the nostalgia?
I am very much a person who experiences nostalgia frequently. In fact, I have a playlist that’s labeled “high school nostalgia”. I started adding songs to it so that when I’m working on my book, which relies heavily on transcribing old journals, I can get deeper into my feelings by listening to the music of… →
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Talk About it Tuesday—The thumb that almost ruined Christmas
Keeping with the theme of Christmas this week, my story for “Talk About it Tuesday” takes place a few days before Christmas in 1991 or 1992. This story is also an example of “things my secretary doesn’t know” because it involves the process of locking a car door in the time before key fobs. Which,… →