Month: May 2017
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Words from A Wise Woman…
This post, is from my mom. The day after I returned to NYC, I woke up to find this beautiful letter from my mom waiting for me in my inbox. She asked me to put in on the blog. And I’m going to be honest, I’m getting anxiety hives thinking about pressing “publish” because…I don’t like writing positive things about […]
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Blood Ties
I had an experience the other day that really stuck with me: an encounter that stayed in my soul. Ever since my mom’s stroke, I feel like people can sense something different about me. It’s like, I’m walking around with this neon sign that says, Tell me your secrets, my life is in shambles! Something like that. […]
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Asking to See
I don’t know how it got to be today. How, after being home here for five months after my mother’s stroke, that I am packing up my things to return to NYC. I’m going to be honest, I haven’t even made it through the socks and underwear yet, and I’ve already cried twice. I was not […]
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Have you ever been just drawn to something? And I’m not talking the bakery case at the grocery store. Or the shoe department at Nordstrom. I’m talking, a soul pull. A spirit attraction. Ever since I’ve been home during my mom’s stroke recovery, I’ve discovered a little place in our house that I keep finding myself sitting in. […]
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Something’s Gotta Give
I’m having one of those moments where I literally feel like I’m floating. And no, there are no illegal substances in my body. Although, I did just eat some cotton candy grapes, and I’m convinced that there’s a magic ingredient in there, because those things are unreal. But I legitimately feel lighter than air. Ever since my […]
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Finding Richard Simmons…
I did something I haven’t done in a while. I listened to an entire podcast in one weekend. Six episodes. Six hours. One highly entertaining and productive weekend. The show? Missing Richard Simmons. Yes, you read that right: Richard Simmons. As in, the eccentric, bedazzled tank-wearing exercise guru that made a killing through home dance workout videos […]
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Taking Myself Out of the Picture
Well, here we are, trudging through May. Somehow, we’re already on the second week, and if you’re feeling like time is traveling at breakneck speed, then get in line. I’ve received a lot of messages from thoughtful, lovely humans asking how my mom is doing in her stroke recovery. And, honestly, she’s doing amazing. She […]
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Permission to Let Go
Well, I just finished my book. I’ll hold for applause. Juuuuuust kidding. 🙂 Although, it is exciting, and I did a little happy dance last night to some Broadway show tunes to commemorate the occasion. But it’s been really interesting to have to go back. To put myself back in that place, ten years ago, […]
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Recovery: 10 Years Later
Sometimes I am really blown away by people. In a good way. Not in a Kendall Jenner, Pepsi/Fyre Festival fiasco sort of way… But in a, wow, how did I get so lucky, kind of way. My best friend said the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me the other night. We were sitting […]