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The Giver Quartet (#22-24)
Lois Lowry is known as a juvenile fiction writer. I find that fascinating as the movie The Giver has found a foothold with adult audiences. The whole series (The Giver, Gathering Blue, The Messenger...
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A Race To Build A Dream On
Everyone has a dream list, right? Well, as far as races go, this is my dream list of races I would love to compete in during my lifetime: Possible: Hot Chocolate 15k – Chicago...
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Life and Death, Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer
Life and Death, Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer Start: 10/26/15 19:00 – Finish: 10/29/15 19:30 Warning: MILD spoilers Ok, so I have started writing again and it feels pretty good. I also...
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We Are ….. Running A Half!
We Are…Running A Half! Sunday, November 1, 2015 I participated in the 12th running of the Marshall Half Marathon. We raced to remember those Marshall players, coaches, fans and supporters who lost...
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Hashtag Undateable LIVE
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I am a social media whore. I know this. I live it. I embrace it. I am ok with it. Your approval is neither requested nor required. Facebook is for keeping up...
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To The Youngest On Her College Graduation
My heart is filled to the brim with pride. My youngest will graduate from Marshall University with a BFA/Photography in a few short hours. What an amazingly creative woman that grew from the curly...
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Reading Challenge – It’s On!
Ok, my BFF threw a reading challenge at me and I eagerly accepted (after all, it does not involve crunches, sprints or getting winded much sooner than depressingly necessary). I am putting it here to...
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If I had a tumor, I’d call it Imogene.
When I was eighteen I had my first mammogram. I had found a lump and for a very flat-chested girl, that was a huge thing. I went to Lisa, our family doctor, for my results. She told me the diagnosis,...
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Mountain Stage, Episode 865
(Apologies in advance, I did not take my real camera – all photos are from my phone and the quality is so-so.) Music is my therapy. If I am happy, sad, angry, confused or a mixture of all those...
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Oh Daddy don’t you worry none cause Mama’s got the pill.
“The Pill” is a song that was released by Loretta Lynn in 1972 and tells the story of a wife who has a rambling husband that knocks her up yearly. After years of being pregnant, she is happy because...
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The Irrationalization Of Michelle
My surgery has been moved up and will now occur on April 13th. I am happy about this for a myriad of reasons which I will not discuss today. Today, my thoughts go to irrational fears and coping...
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Writing Challenges
My surgery is on the 13th and I will have a five-seven week recovery. While off, I want to challenge myself to write more. I plan on picking three writing challenges (one lengthy, one the length of a...
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Ground Control To Major Tom…
That was a song that floated through my morphine-saturated head for a while in the hospital. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. FIRSTLY: Thank you everyone for the well wishes, the check...
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Hashtag Hysteruggles
So today Daughter took me to The Walmart. Just prior to leaving I came up with this genius idea that maybe SPANX would be just as good as the incision bindings that I have from the hospital. AND I...
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Ma…
Every Ma-Holiday I flip through my pictures of her, trying to find one that captures my moment in time, how I am feeling, what I miss about her. I flipped to this picture today and it tore me in two....
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Pathology and Progress
During the evening of April 13th, I started to come up from anesthesia. My husband was at my side, holding my hand. He said (paraphrasing from my foggy memory), “It was bad. Because it was bad they...
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If I was going somewhere, I was running…
I may have used this quote to name an earlier blog. I don’t care. I like it that much… Also, hitting “publish” too soon really sucks… ugh. Oh, Forrest. One day he just decided to run and he ran until...
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An Ode To FitBit Susan
An Ode To FitBit Susan I have found motivation in the most unlikely of places: a random stranger. No, not like: I read this article and the subject of the article inspired me to be a better version of...
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Sketchy Circus – Act One (aka Zilpo Campground)
It’s a three ring circus, well – a three tent circus. This is the inaugural blog for a series of adventures with my friend Renau. We have decided to take life by the balls and to try out new things,...
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Movies In A Cave: The Goonies at Cascade Cave (KY)
Seeing The Goonies in Cascade Cave (part of Carter Caves in Carter County Kentucky) started by seeing an event notification on Facebook. A number of my adventures start that way. I will click...
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