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Gratitude when you really don’t feel like it

May 23, 2017January 17, 2012 by Shay

I had yet another night where sleep alluded me as it often does these days. Clearly my mind wants sleep but my body says, no girl….no sleep for you. As a result I often wake up in need of an attitude adjustment, but today I woke up after 4 hours of sleep and decided maybe …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble Tags gratitude 1 Comment

Musings on Love

May 23, 2017January 16, 2012 by Shay

My six year old daughter is enamored by all things princess, thanks to the peer pressure from her comrades at the educational institution as well as the general marketing that seems to think girls 4-whatever age should be in love with princesses. I admit this love of being a princess is a hard one for …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble, Relationships Tags end of love, love, self love

Our truths and intolerance…oh and buy cookies!

May 23, 2017January 13, 2012 by Shay

Winter decided to make a better late than never appearance in my neck of the woods thus throwing my Thursday off track. Nothing like a snow day meaning no school for the kiddo when you have a shit ton of work to do with a 3.5 day weekend on the horizon, needless to say writing …

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Categories Current Events Tags bigotry, Chaz Bono, Girl Scouts, transgender children 1 Comment
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