Yearly Archives: 2014

. . . until today. We made it.  Our plane landed and I behaved like a giddy school girl as I took in all the hustle and the bustle of the New York City streets.  Upon our arrival we ate hummus with great friends,  looped around Central Park and took in the glorious sights of […]

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I’ve never been a “bucket list” kind of girl.  Well, not in the traditional sense, anyway.  I don’t have a carefully crafted list numbered 1 to 45 written on perfectly lined white paper, folded and placed carefully inside the pages my journal.  I don’t have a list that I add to or subtract from as […]

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When I was young, around 4th grade, I had a “friend” who was not really a friend.  Well, one day she was my friend and the next day she wasn’t.  One day she was nice to me and the next day she was absolutely cruel.  One day we were making plans to marry brothers and […]

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We have guests visiting from out of state this weekend.  Two of the most laid-back, chill, go-with-the-flow people and their three little ones.  I met Rachael in grad school and despite the miles that separate us, we always meet up during this time of year and pick up as if no time has passed. Rachael […]

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I first met him under the red-hued light of a tiny Pizza Hut restaurant.  (Pizzeria is probably a better term?) I remember walking up to the table, heart beating a mile a minute, hoping I might make a decent first impression.  When I got to the table, he was sitting with one of his sons […]

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