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Fear and Trust.
Why is it that just when I think I have something licked, I have a life experience that comes along and shows me, “Oh no you don’t!” I had a moment like that yesterday evening. I was scared and I felt like I was being ignored. Fear just took over and then desperation and things Read more
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Grownup Outing.
Today my husband and I had lunch at Porta Terra, a Tuscan restaurant located in downtown Portland. He had the Spaghetti Pomodoro and I had fennel-crusted tuna with garlic potatoes, grilled broccoli and what had to have been one of the nicest sauces ever. I had been looking forward to this date for a while Read more
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Just pass the pumpkin and nobody gets hurt.
Pumpkin is one of my favorite pre-holiday season and holiday season coping mechanisms. With the smell or taste nearby, I can breeze through trick-or-treating, school fundraisers, kiddie activities and grownup gatherings. It comes in the form of pumpkin spice candles, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin spice doughnuts and now pumpkin Read more
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Dear Lord,
Thank You so much for inventing grandmothers! My oldest son was having one of those teen-angst, let-me-test-my-parents moments. How did we get here? I’m so thankful for my mother being a voice of patient wisdom in his life because he had mowed down every good nerve I had through his attempts to justify behavior that Read more
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