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Woman in a long dark dress, bold glasses and hair pulled back, smiling, her back against wall of distressed brick.

CLARITY IS POWER

New Year’s resolutions are powerful. They wake up my sleepy procrastinating self and propel me into a momentum of unstoppable energy that screams ...

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Woman with bold glasses, hair pulled back, smiling, holding a card that reads "thankful & grateful".

WASHING MACHINE HEAD

Does your brain ever feel like it is on the spin cycle of a washing machine? Some people refer to it as “crazy brain,” but I don’t care for that la...

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A standing chalkboard leaning against a wall with french dishes and their prices.

BOOB TAPE AND IDENTITY

There are so many odds and ends when you are getting ready to travel out of the country. Besides the packing and the postponing of newspapers and m...

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I WILL REMEMBER YOU

Mom, my head is killing me, the text said at 6:00am after I responded to the preceding text of, Are you awake? My son, Michael, never really cal...

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A large sign with a rainbow shining over it, reading " karma is only a bitch if you are".

FALLING DOWN, GETTING UP

Meeting a new friend for lunch yesterday on a lovely Friday afternoon, the only stress I had was trying to find a parking space in Providence on ...

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A fence, lined with flowers of varying heights and colors. More plants farther off with two colored wooden chairs.

FROM A DREAM

Before I closed my eyes last night, after a good and hardy unexpected romp, I took several deep and grateful breaths. Flat out on my back, supreme...

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