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I Want Your Body

I Want Your Body

It’s the age-old complaint. As a woman, it’s hard enough to live in a society full of standards no real woman can live up to…the ads, the movies, the pop...
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Lighten-Up!

Lighten-Up!

I believe in the wisdom in the words of others.  There are thousands (ok, who am I kidding – millions) of people, past and present, who are much smarter than...
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A Miracle a Day

A Miracle a Day

Albert Einstein said, “there are two ways to live; you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” Walt Whitman said,...
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Elephant In the Room

Elephant In the Room

Children make things acceptable.  I met a little girl, probably about six years old, yesterday at Target.  The weather in Texas was a rare 40 degrees and it had everyone...
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A Nod to Halloween

A Nod to Halloween

Boo!  Did I scare you? In light of the upcoming holiday, I’d like to talk a little about fear.  But how can you talk about fear without discussing courage? I’ve...
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It’s Not All Good…and That’s Not Always Bad

It’s Not All Good…and That’s Not Always Bad

I’ve spent a lot of time over the years asking why bad things happen.  And they do.  They just do.  It’s a fact of life, and unfortunately for us, it’s...
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Confessions of a Muscle Affected by a Neuromuscular Disease

Confessions of a Muscle Affected by a Neuromuscular Disease

I will give you strong days and I will give you days full of fatigue when you will feel like I’ve strapped a 50 lb. weight to your arms.  I...
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Courage

Courage

I am one of the (extra) medically vulnerable who, if I contracted this virus, would never recover from it.  As a person who has lived life from a wheelchair, whose...
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