Tag: living
group name: womenwise
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June 01, 2006 09:56 PM EDT --
I don't talk about this much. To be honest, I never want to go back where I was that night and talking about it takes me down that road. Yet I know I have been somewhere that most people never go. . . . more
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August 19, 2008 08:28 AM EDT --
Breakfast was a banana sliced over some oatmeal.
I woke up early today too. I felt more energetic so before leaving for work, I vacuumed and scrubbed the floors, exercised, and showered. I felt if . . . more
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August 18, 2008 08:15 AM EDT --
Well, I actually got up on time today. Go me! I'm not rushing. Shower, dressed, and even had oatmeal and a glass of milk for breakfast. I did 25 crunches.
I didn't have time, or shall I say . . . more
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August 21, 2008 08:43 AM EDT --
That Gather promotion that these entries were originally for is over. It was over yesterday, but I'm doing this for myself now. and will probably be doing it for a little bit longer, just till I get . . . more
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March 25, 2008 11:30 PM EDT --
If I walked
through burning sand
and rocky stone
barefoot and alone -
If I walked
through icy tundra
and winter storm
naked as my birth -
If I walked
through my pain
and did . . . more
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August 17, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
I've never been quite active in the exercise department. When I was in college the only thing that kept my weight steady was the fsact my schedule had me pacing between the various ends of campus frequently. . . . more
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April 18, 2006 08:11 AM EDT --
I found an old journal this past weekend and made the painful choice to read through it. It is almost twenty years old, and it covers most of two years with a few pages of the years after. Those were some . . . more
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July 13, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
"So, I'll call you tomorrow after I am coherent," she says.
"Are you ever coherent?" I retort.
"Not most of ever..." She was already losing coherence, due . . . more
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September 11, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
I just wanted to let everyone who offered prayers and good wishes to my mother last week that the news is now good. Thanks to the tenacity of my brother in law, Bing (who insisted my mother go to . . . more
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July 19, 2008 12:44 PM EDT --
This week I walked past the age at which my mother died.
It feels as if my life just became my own.
more
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March 25, 2006 10:20 PM EST --
*our house
6 years ago we bought our first home. It is 79 years old and it shows. Over the years many, many owners have moved in and did what they thought was remodeling; I'll explain.
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May 14, 2006 08:37 AM EDT --
From the time I was a toddler I assumed that like any woman, I would one day bear children and become a mother. It was a given in the early 1950's when the women's movement was just gearing up . . . more
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June 11, 2006 12:05 AM EDT --
This week I was in a store and caught off guard by a mother and her about 8 year old daughter in the midst of a public display of fit throwing and abuse.
The child cried and rubbed her . . . more
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August 16, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
Today has gotten off to a better start, but it's the weekend and I'm not being pulled in a thousand and one different directions at once.
While weekends are more relaxed, and I eat healthier, . . . more
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April 10, 2006 10:33 PM EDT --
I asked the dawn: "Where is the dewdrop that wet my lips last night and was suddenly gone before the sunrise?"
The dawn smiled: 'It's in the lightness of breezes and fragrance of flowers." . . . more
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April 26, 2006 01:18 AM EDT --
Transience
A rose, a candle, and
A single smile
Are all alike
They're just for awhile
But just for awhile
Is why they are here
They mean so much more
Like a single tear
. . . more
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May 15, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
Eschew Obfuscation: Married to the Devil: Rearing His Ugly Head, Part 2
Things were glorious at first. My gut was saying nothing now except that John was the right one. For two months we keep our . . . more
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August 06, 2006 02:28 PM EDT --
You're beautiful, pure light
You're luminous, so strong
Inside and out
You carry me
Endlessly
You're tall
And dark
And yet the brightest soul I've seen
Your smile
Could . . . more
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August 09, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
It occurs to me that my outer self is the product of a committee. My hair is straight today, a look achieved with the flat iron my daughter Aspen got me for my birthday and daughter Andi showed me how . . . more
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June 25, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon I called my son. I didn't get an answer and I didn't leave a message. I knew that I wasn't going to be home for him to call me back. He has caller ID, . . . more
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