Mom, Where am I?

So after you've announced you're leaving your job...what next?? First you work really hard to get to that last day.  You anticipate and plan for the new, different, good and strange things looming in your future.  But at the moment, I find life a little odd. I've discovered that when you step out of the predictable status …

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I Quit…I did…I really did

It's odd to see my job posted on the website, but not a surprise ....since last Thursday I quit.  It wasn't the spectacular, drama scene I'd imagined all these years either ....just calm.  Probably because it's time.  And besides, I'm not much of a drama queen. It was not a lightly made decision.  But in the end …

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JUMP

My daughter-in-law posted this picture of my 4-year old grandson jumping into the pool during first ever swim lessons.  I love it just for what it is.  It also holds a memory. I was 12 when I learned to swim.  My aunt, with whom I spent time each summer, was determined I would also learn to dive.  …

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Courage to Stand ….. 2nd of series

I've known my husband over 43 years.  Doug is an original thinker.  He's not afraid to try the untested.  He has faults, but being wimpy is not one of them. It's one thing to sit behind a computer screen and type what you believe....it's something totally different to stand in front of people and say and/or do …

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The End and the Beginning …..1st of series

My first meeting with Doug he talked about living in Alaska.  But he talked then (as he talks now) about a lot of things.  I didn't give it much importance.  Personally, life was good.  We bought our first home a couple of years earlier, had a beautiful 2 year old son, had just found out our second child was on the way....plus I'd …

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