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Vinyl Record Crafts

Looking for a fast, cheap, and easy craft? Look no further! Maybe you are like me and you've always wanted to try one of those cool vinyl record crafts on Pinterest, but you just assumed they are too complicated. Well do I have a surprise for you...they aren't! You...

Leggings in the Workplace?

Is it okay to wear leggings in the workplace? The thought almost curls my hair! Wait, I already have curly hair. Maybe I’ve been shocked a bit too much by what I’ve seen? Just so you know, I’m laughing as I write this, but when I hear that question, I want to shout...

7 Tips to Beating the Allergy Blues

I had seasonal allergies most of my adult life. I used to have itchy ears, eyes, and nose in the spring and fall every year. Allergies can be debilitating. They are physically draining, emotionally exhausting, and expensive (allergy meds, trips to the grocery store...

When Life is Bittersweet

Each year when I see my doctor for my routine appointment, it comes up. Usually with a nurse, someone who is kind but impersonal, working their way through the checkboxes marking my family medical history, glossing over my paternal grandmother’s stroke and my mom’s...

Milk or Meat

You wouldn’t expect a 30, 40 or 50-year-old person to drink milk out of a baby bottle, would you? Of course not! Adults shouldn’t be living on baby’s milk or infant formula, should they? We naturally expect babies to drink milk from their mother or a bottle and to...

When We Don’t Embrace Our Whole Self

It was years ago -- over a decade -- and yet it is forever etched vividly in my mind's eye. I was at a basket weaving class (yes, there is actually such a thing; yes, it is actually a lot of fun; and for those of you thinking of the college credit joke, no, it was not...

Alone in a Crowd

We have all been there. At a party surrounded by laughter, conversation, and energy yet feeling like we are in a bubble separate from everyone else, unable to connect with or relate to the interactions around us. I was at a conference by myself this weekend in a new...

Grandma Bernadette’s Apple Strudel Recipe

Every family should have a grandma who loves to bake. If you don’t, I am so sorry for you! In my family, it was my Grandma Bernadette. This women always had a bowl of lemon drops and M&Ms on the counter, a drawer of other candy treats, and a freezer full of ice...

Let it Go

They were little girls, sisters actually, just 13 months apart in age. The older child loved to take care of the younger, but the younger girl didn’t appreciate that very much. She was the youngest of seven children, and she had enough people bossing her around; she...

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