Tag: #liferealrawbrokenbeautiful
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Social Distancing Week 7…Strengthening The Safety Net
Friday, May 1, 2020…2:03pm The end of week 7 and a turn of the calendar into yet another new month. This week we “celebrated” my birthday. My husband and daughter did so much to make the day as special as possible and I did feel celebrated and loved. Unfortunately, it was also the day my…
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Social Distancing Week 6…A New Rhythm
Friday, April 24, 2020…12:22pm The end of week 6. It only took 42 days, but we finally found a new rhythm in our house. Individually and collectively we all seem to be settled in to this new normal. There’s been an acceptance that we are in fact going to be in this holding pattern sort…
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Social Distancing Week 5….Here Comes the Sun (Eventually)
Friday, April 17, 2020…1:18pm The end of week 5. Remember when we were mostly & blissfully ignorant about how long this time at home would actually be? The good old days… Coming off an exceptionally challenging time last week , I spent much of this week running on fumes. If you’d asked me at any point…
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Social Distancing Week 4…And Real Life
Friday, April 10, 2020…3:50pm The end of week 4. As I am writing this, the stay at home order in Los Angeles County has just been extended through May 15th. That means we are in this liminal space for at least another 5 weeks. This was technically Spring Break for the kids. We hadn’t made…
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Social Distancing Week 3…Both/And
Friday, April 3, 2020…1:13pm The end of week 3. The week saw several lows – the announcement that distance learning is in effect “until further notice”, bandwidth stretched to it’s max as we all need to be online at the same time for school & work and the realization from the kids that many things…
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Social Distancing Week 2…The Next Right Thing
Friday, March 27, 2020…2:37pm We’re at the end of week two. Shortly after I posted last Friday, we got word that our school district extended remote learning until at least May 4th. So we are looking at a minimum of 5 more weeks – but my gut is telling me they may not physically return to…
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Social Distancing Week 1…Adjust and Readjust
Friday, March 20, 2020…1:06pm It’s been a week since our school district made the announcement that students would be remote learning until at least March 27th. This week has been both the longest one ever and the shortest one ever. I would say the same thing about each day of the past week, and each…
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Zero To Thirteen In A Heartbeat
Somehow in both the moments when I was watching and in the moments when I wasn’t watching, the little ball of wonder and energy who entered the world in a hurry morphed into a powerhouse young woman (who is still in a hurry!) Today she is 13. She is compassionate, curious, creative, physically strong, and…
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Our Invisible and Unwelcome Family Member
My son is living with anxiety and depression, but the entire family lives with the fallout caused by his anxiety and depression.
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New Decade Non-Resolutions
As we count down the hours to a new decade, it seems to me that more than new year resolutions, we could all benefit from some thoughtful life choices that hold both community and personal well being side by side. Don’t make resolutions. Make conscious decisions to live and love one moment at a time…
We're All A Little Broken 