Category: 2023
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Reboot: Hall Pass
Once again, I’m spending a dreary, winter Saturday wandering the campus of a Midwestern secondary school. I can’t help but compare my current life to the one I inhabited just shy of a year ago. A WHOLE lot has changed! I’m not even a year older but my kids are…
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Favorite Places
What are your favorite places? I hadn’t spent much time thinking about mine until I was introduced to one, last summer. My son and I returned to spend a night there this past week and that inspired me to “refresh” this post. DJ’s “Sky Tent” is one of my favorite…
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Scary Letters
Sticking with the subject of letters, I considered sharing a “scary letter” that I sent via certified email, several weeks ago. I’d HOPED that I MIGHT get a response, even just a pat acknowledgement of receipt but alas . . . It was only a few weeks ago and the…
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My Body Knows. . . If My Brain Cannot Articulate
That’s just it, I struggle to describe it. I was just “put in my place” by a white, male, physician. My body told me I was treated poorly. The treatment wasn’t abusive but it WAS reminiscent of an abusive past. As my brain was justifying his behavior, my body indicated…
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To Whom it May Concern:
A year ago, I could NOT have envisioned it. My 50th post!! Thank you for reading ❤️❤️ This blog, Collecting Pieces of Me, gives me purpose, it’s my outlet for healthy self-expression. Thankfully, my friends, my family, writing and THIS space have introduced me to MYSELF. I like myself😊 I…
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Monster Valentine
On a whim, I call my cousin. As the phone rings, my thoughts drift. . . What was the first interaction that I had with her? My body knows before my mind remembers: Abruptly, light from the fixture in the hallway slices the darkness of the room in which my…
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