Category: Soulful Stuff

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Mug Half-Full | Here’s hoping your mug is half-full, too.

Friend, I don’t have any Pinterest-worthy pictures for you today. No projects to get your creative juices going. No recommendations on fabulous finds or tips for halting the avalanche of stuff in your closets. I’ve got a half-full cup of hot coffee and an even fuller heart. Mind if I

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Soulful Stuff

Five Must-Read Books for Spirited Girls

Every night, without fail, Ada lifts a stack of books over her head and drops them next to me. “Only five books tonight, Mommy,” she says, reciting her favorite line from her favorite bedtime story, Olivia. She grins, waiting.

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Gatherings & Good Eats

The Paleo Diet: Honest Reflections

This month I celebrate three years of being gluten-free. I say “celebrate” but who really celebrates never eating pizza again? Yes, I feel much better these days but I had to relearn how to eat. I mean, I basically teethed on cat-head biscuits as a baby and thought all things

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Soulful Stuff

How Did I Get Here? Part 2 — The Unraveling

When I last left off, I tried to take unpaid time off and was refused, the school where I worked wanted to negotiate my time off and then upon my return expected me to return much earlier and work more. D-O-N-E. That’s what I was. I had a doctor’s appointment

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