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What Mama Taught Me – This Book is a Lighthouse

2 Aug 20212 Aug 2021

In doing research for today's book, I read a ton about the author Tony Brown, host of the longest-running series on PBS - Tony Brown's Journal. So, what I guess…

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Easy like Sunday – Ships (that pass in the night)

7 Mar 202117 Mar 2021

My husband hates Barry Manilow. Me? I loved the song Copacabana. <<< I was such a disco queen! And his Christmas album. Oh, I kinda liked Mandy. Alright, leave me…

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A heart, a dream and a photo

2 Mar 2021

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and…

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Bio Moment – Who do you think you’re fooling?

4 Feb 20214 Feb 2021

Last night, in that space between awake and asleep, I thought of this phrase... Who do you think you're fooling? And I heard a voice... You're not special. You never…

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Sacred Contracts – Jumping off a cliff

16 Jan 202122 Feb 2021

“Our individual souls hum actively within a kind of global soul comprising all life on the planet. Our words, thoughts, deeds, and visions influence our individual health just as they…

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Bradshaw On: The Family – Best of the best!

12 Jan 2021

“We have no alternative. We must break the sacred rule and question these rules because unless we talk about them, there is no way out. We must evaluate them in…

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Remember this one? – The Heart of Remarriage

12 May 202012 May 2020

To be clear, I never thought I’d be part of these statistics: In the U.S., 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second, and 74% of third marriages end in divorce. Second marriages have difficulty for…

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Remember this one? – Healing the Shame that Binds You

9 Sep 20194 Apr 2021

Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw is another of the classics on my shelf. To be honest, John Bradshaw himself is a bit of a classic. If you get the…

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Toxic Parents – Emotional aftereffects

2 Sep 201916 Mar 2022

Trigger warning: Discussion of abuse. No details, no photos. Toxic Parents by Dr. Susan Forward has been patiently sitting on my shelf waiting for me to pick it up and write…

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Bio Moment – To all the posts I lost before

13 Jul 201928 Jul 2019

I've mentioned that this blog is not my first rodeo... er, blog. Before this blog space, I probably wrote hundreds of posts over the course of three years (or so)…

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Easy like Sunday – Father’s Day

16 Jun 201916 Jun 2019

Once upon a time, I fell in love with my father. Each year, the love grew, especially after I found out he chose me. I wasn't a surprise or mistake,…

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Remember this one? – Motherhood The Second Oldest Profession

14 Jun 2019

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” – Erma Bombeck I was going to write about comedy as self-help. Erma Bombeck was certainly funny… but I’d consider her a…

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Remember this one? – Fearless Living

18 Apr 201918 Apr 2019

Many years ago, I attended an in-service at the college where I worked. It was one of those “pick one of these and attend or don’t bother coming back to…

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Easy like Sunday – How goes my “Year of Water”?

24 Mar 201912 Aug 2020

At the end of December, 2018, I decreed 2019 to be my Year of Water. I thought you might be wondering how it's going. Are you? Then, read on, McDuff!…

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Remember this one? – When Parents Hurt

22 Mar 20195 Aug 2019

When Parents Hurt by Joshua Coleman, Ph.D. is a book of ouchies. Big ones. By the time you need it, there is a history… a dance… that has been going…

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