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My List of Blessings

As we approach my favorite holiday of the year (guilt-free eating, relaxing with the family, no gift pressures: what’s not to love?) I’d like to take a moment to recognize what — and who — I’ve been most thankful for over the past year. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that most spots on my list [...]

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My Newest “E-ddiction”

Okay, so maybe I’m a little late to the party — a few years late, perhaps. But now that I’m here, I’m finding it difficult to leave. A couple of weeks ago, my friend Lara insisted that I check out Facebook. Launched back in February 2004, it’s currently the biggest social networking site on the web, [...]

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Run to Remember

I’m a runner… although the definition of the term has changed over the past decade. Years ago, before kids and mortgages, I used to spend leisurely Saturday afternoons running 10- and 15-mile routes, carefully clocking time and distance, signing up for local races a couple times a month. In May of 2002, my running career [...]

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My Writing Nemesis

Good thing she’s so darn cute. When I was pregnant with Claire, our third daughter, I had idealistic visions of my new role as work-at-home mom. I arranged for child care for her two older sisters, as Claire would remain with me throughout my work days. “Newborns are easy,” I can still hear myself saying to anyone [...]

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I’ve Got the Itch

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” –Eugene Ionesco If you’d asked me five, ten, or even twenty years ago what I’d be doing for a living in my early thirties, I would have given the same answer each time, without hesitation: a writer. From [...]

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