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adventures in overthinking: May 2014
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My journey to enlightenment. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. I have a lot of stuff rumbling around in my head, so if you're here, be warned: My mind is a crazy place. I often share too much, but in my family of origin no one talked about anything unpleasant. Everyone pretended everything was fine. You know how effed up fine is, right? Why did you talk so much when you should have been listening? What on earth made you tell that story? Why would you divulge THAT in a five minute exchange of pleasantries? When I am...
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adventures in overthinking: November 2014
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My journey to enlightenment. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. I just wanted to take a minute to thank you, my friends, for reading, commenting and sharing your reactions to what I write. I'm really vulnerable and transparent in this little space, and you always make me feel less alone in my struggles. That's such a good feeling. Your kindness is an amazing blessing; thank you. Which is completely untrue. But I didn't communicate the rule change. Evidently feeling left out is a huge trigger for me because on a...
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adventures in overthinking: Happy birthday, Harry O.
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My journey to enlightenment. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Happy birthday, Harry O. Today's my dad's birthday. He would be 99. Isn't that crazy? We would have had a big party. And he would laugh and tell inappropriate jokes and probably offend somebody. I'd offer him a drink, and he would ask for Turkey 101, which I kept a bottle of just for him. He wanted to live to be 106 to break the record of his oldest living relative because he was competitive as F$%K. He used to take me to baseball games at the old Cle...
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adventures in overthinking: This...
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My journey to enlightenment. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Recently I read a novel. About a family that suffered a horrific tragedy akin to the tragedy(ies) my own family of origin endured. It was bizarre to read this story while remembering how my family members absorbed the pain . watching how it ripped this fictional family apart while considering the path of destruction it carved through our lives. When my dad died, the one common thread holding us together- our affection for him- was severed. I would snea...
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adventures in overthinking: July 2014
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My journey to enlightenment. Monday, July 21, 2014. The Virtual Blog Tour (a post in which I don't whine or cry or overthink). Here's a change of pace, friends. My friend, sage and yoga guru, Molly Field invited me to participate in a blog tour. You know Molly, from Grass Oil. As I'm always inviting you to read her amazing pieces that I promise will change your life as they have mine every. single. time. She's writing a yoga series. 1 What am I working on? 3 Why do I write/create what I do? While sobbing...
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adventures in overthinking: April 2014
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My journey to enlightenment. Monday, April 28, 2014. Losing my mind in 4,3,2,1. I rarely take things for granted. Kindness, goodness, blessings, and the people attached to those sentiments overwhelm me with gratitude. You know that picture circulating on social media, "What if you woke up tomorrow with only what you thanked God for last night"? I'd be solid. I thank Him constantly for the wonderful miracles in my life. So, I'm anxious, and I would appreciate if you guys could (as my dear friend said one ...
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adventures in overthinking: February 2015
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My journey to enlightenment. Friday, February 27, 2015. Still not mother of the year. Now, however, I'm saying all these. In my head because I wrote them down somewhere, but I can't find the damn paper so my inner dialogue is like, "Pick up Peyton at 5 or 7, wait what day is it: Monday, okay 5, I think. Lily has gymnastics. Drop off the recycling. Pick up my mom's laundry. Bring her insurance card. Did I bring her clean undershirts and the kind of socks she likes? Did I text Chloe good morning? I'm worki...
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adventures in overthinking: August 2014
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My journey to enlightenment. Sunday, August 10, 2014. Now that you mention it. On a detour through a familiar neighborhood on our way out of town, we got to visit briefly with two of the most darling women ever to grace the universe. As the lovely mom and I commiserated the whole kids growing up business, she pointed to my 7-year-old and said, "You're so lucky to have this little one." I know. Thank you. Right? So thank you for the reminder, my friend. I am so. Links to this post. What's on your mind?
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adventures in overthinking: September 2014
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My journey to enlightenment. Monday, September 15, 2014. While We're on the Subject. I was abused until I was 17. Punched, slapped and kicked. Called fat, stupid, worthless and a whore. By the time I was 18,. I already believed I somehow deserved whatever bad things happened to me. I already felt worthless. Instilling in our daughters a healthy self-image? Teaching them to love and accept themselves and others? Teaching our sons to be respectful of women and people in general? What the hell are we. When ...
