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Froggie: October 2013
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, October 31, 2013. Rip Off the Band Aid! At the first writing retreat I ever attended (back in May 2012) we were asked to write about the thing we were most scared to write about. Out of that exercise came one of the greatest pieces I've ever written and was the start of the. Book I keep mentioning that I'm writing. Today, I am revisiting the idea of writing about fear thanks to Denise's (Darwin Shrugged) blog project suggestion:. Thankfully, I ...
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Froggie: October 2014
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, October 23, 2014. Thursday Blog Project Topic: Have you ever won anything? If so, tell us about it. If not, tell us about something you'd love to win. I did not even come close to winning the Chicago Marathon. In the weeks that followed that conversation I struggled with what I could do to honor my brother and all he has meant to me. I struggled with how I could make his. Marathon dream come true. The Tuesday night before the marathon, the char...
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Chick Lit Central: Guest Book Review: The Year My Mother Came Back
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A place where people can discuss chick lit books, read reviews, meet authors and win books! Friday, May 22, 2015. Guest Book Review: The Year My Mother Came Back. When Alice Eve Cohen was just 22, her mother died. Sad and angry, Cohen spent the next three decades attempting to forget her, pushing memories as far down and away as she could. Cohen was largely successful – until the day her mother appeared at her kitchen table. Thanks to Algonquin Books. Denise De Fabio Keliuotis. Is a Chicago native who re...
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Froggie: August 2014
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, August 14, 2014. The one thing I never really talk about is the moments leading up to the finish line. As I turned the corner and saw the ever so beautiful word "FINISH" come into view the song, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You). By Kelly Clarkson started to play. I couldn't have thought of a better song to be listening to when I crossed that finish line as it embodied how I felt about several things in life at that moment in time. At one point ...
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Froggie: April 2014
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Food for Thought . . . I heard this quote spoken by someone who was injured in last year's Boston Marathon bombing. She not only recovered from her injury, but went on to finish this year's Boston Marathon! One of many inspiring stories! Links to this post. Sunday, April 20, 2014. All Consumed and Overwhelmed. At that time, I had only heard of Marino's grocery stores, but all that I had heard was positive.). As I walked the resid...
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Froggie: March 2014
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, March 27, 2014. The Fort Knox of Secrets. I have to admit that when Sara gave the Thursday Blog Project group her topic, I smiled. Now you probably are wondering, what topic could possibly make me smile? Well here it is:. Are you good at keeping secrets? Describe a time you were able to keep a secret, and another time where you were unable to. What were the outcomes in both scenarios? After it was over, and I was no longer obligated to keep thi...
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Froggie: December 2014
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, December 18, 2014. It's Not Gross At All! This week's Thursday Blog Project topic, compliments of Sara, is: Tell us about something you really love that others can’t relate to. When I first saw this topic all I could think was "Crap Monkey! I have no freakin' clue what I could share for this one." Then, as I was talking to Melissa this evening it hit me like a bolt of lighting. If you are grossed out by this combi. Nation, you're in good compan...
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Froggie: Stoic
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Over the course of my lifetime I have turn into a very strong person. I like to think this strength is a good thing. It's given me the ability to over come adversity and eventually thrive. It's help the hurt (internal as well as external) hurt less. It's helped me grow and mature as a person. My family. the ones whom insisted they hangout at the ER with me even though I insisted I'd be "fine" without them. The family who I...I am ...
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Froggie: May 2015
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One frog's distinct voice on the world around her. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Over the course of my lifetime I have turn into a very strong person. I like to think this strength is a good thing. It's given me the ability to over come adversity and eventually thrive. It's help the hurt (internal as well as external) hurt less. It's helped me grow and mature as a person. My family. the ones whom insisted they hangout at the ER with me even though I insisted I'd be "fine" without them. The family who I...I am ...