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Real Life – Caught in the web
Like many people enduring pandemic restrictions, I developed a habit of unwinding in front of Netflix. This has continued even with the relative freedom...
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Real Life – Getting into the game
Life is full of unintended consequences.
When my parents enrolled me in an all-girls’ boarding school in 1964, it was unlikely, for their daughter, that...
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Real Life – Fun in the Sun
Most days I wake up happy, just excited to be alive. But at times when my internal sun just seems to refuse to shine,...
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Real Life – Pivot point
Though a close friend told me my plan sounded to her like a root canal, last week I went to a five year old’s...
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Real Life – The slippery slope
This pandemic winter, I didn’t bother to saddle myself with a lengthy list of positive aspirations in the name of self-improvement. I kept my...
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Real Life – Speaking in code
In childhood, my siblings and I played games fueled by imagination.
Without the benefit of advanced technology, rather than plug into an alternate reality someone...
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Real Life – Inbox
As I boxed up my Thanksgiving decorations in no particular order, only to discover the same jumble presents itself in the Christmas category, I...
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Real Life – Baked Alaska
My husband John and I expressed ourselves through cooking before the concept of love languages was a thing.
Neither of us had come from culinary...
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Real Life – Pastime
When I originally started playing Candy Land with our granddaughter, she barely knew her colors, much less how to match the card she had...
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Real Life – Just Ask
Home equipment malfunctions have tried my patience lately, but in the “tell me some good news” department, it’s also presented a creative opportunity to...
