Tag: life
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Profound? Maybe.
Part one Like many people, I reached a point in my life when I gave up on having any relationship with a Higher Power. I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but it was sometime during that 16-20 year age. I grew up Catholic, and went to nine years of Catholic school. I attended church…
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Limitless
Unlimited budget for 24 hours??? I’d buy tons of scrubs and compression socks and all the Brooks I wanted (especially those Chip & Dale sneakers, they are adorable! :P) Then I’d stock up on groceries. I’d book like, 10 trips for next year. Maybe 20. I’d order every book I wanted from my local book…
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Philosophers for Dinner
“Good evening, would you care for something to talk about?” There’s this line from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, where a couple is sitting down at dinner, and their waiter comes up and asks if they’d like something to talk about. They choose, from their menu of topics, to talk about the meaning of…
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Antidotes to Fear and Self-Doubt
I love the little acronyms they come up with in 12-step groups. And fear has a few of them: F– False E-Evidence A-Appearing R-Real Or: F: Face E: Everything A: And R: Recover or the more humorous: F– F**k E– Everything A– And R– Run! Fear has a way of creeping in sometimes. It can…
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Life (and what does it all mean anyway?)
Recently I read this adorable book called Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa. I loved it. I had seen the movie first, years ago, which is based on the book (I think it’s available currently on Prime). It is all about a man who owes someone money and so he is selling dorayaki to pay…
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Annoyed (Boyfriend/Camping Version)
I don’t know that there’s a lot of words that annoy me at the moment. Maybe I just stay away from the ones that do? However, after spending this past week in the middle of the woods with my boyfriend, I can definitely tell you words/phrases that annoy him including: “Off the hook” I don’t…
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Space/Invaders Part II
I’ve had my share of obsessions in the 50-some odd years I’ve been around, only a couple of which were actually damaging. One of the more benign was my obsession with video games, in particular the 10 months or so when I couldn’t go to bed unless I played through certain scenes of Star Wars…
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3 Things I Tell Patients to Bring to Chemo
If you or someone you know is starting chemo, this one’s for you. People don’t always know what to bring. Here are the 3 things I tell people to bring along, especially for their first day and if they are going to be there a long day of treatment: #1 A blanket or hoodie Bring…
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Shop/Eat/Read/Repeat
I love my little town. It’s very quaint, with lots of shops and lots of restaurants. The shops have a very boutique-vibe. There’s a bookstore. Coffee shops. It’s fun to shop there, especially when I’m looking for something unique, or for a book. 🙂 A couple weekends ago, I went downtown with my sister to…
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Direction
Did you ever read that poem, The Road Not Taken? It’s a poem in which the writer has to choose a road, and he decides to take the one less traveled which in retrospect has made all the difference. (The actual meaning of the poem that I only learned about more recently than I care…
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