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“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” -Cesare Pavese That quote resonated with me.  It is perfectly representative of how I’ve been feeling today. I’m at my Dad’s house and it’s late. Tomorrow morning (today, really) I will travel with my family to the funeral of my 19-year old cousin and say good-bye to […]

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On Saturday morning I woke up and I knew it was time.  The sun was casting its brilliant beams through our windows and even if I wanted to, I knew I couldn’t resist.  I pulled on my shorts and t-shirt, grabbed my running shoes and after doing a few stretches, I headed for the door […]

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1. Throwback Music I’m talking about MMM Bop, the song that is currently playing.  Do you remember it?  I heard the song today and was completely transported back to the summer of 1997.  My sister and I were driving in my little white Ford Probe on a beautiful sunny Saturday morning.  We were driving to […]

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. . . there was a mama who sprinted to her computer with an almost obsessive need to purge her thoughts onto the glowing blank screen of her Blogger page.  The tap-tap-tap of the keyboard matched the thump-thump-thump of her heart as she excitedly reflected on the tiny little things that made her life beautiful.  […]

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 I can recall one summer day, I believe it was the first day of summer vacation, and I was in our front yard.  I’m not sure how old I was, but I know it was the earliest house in my memory–which we moved from when I was eight.  I remember slowly walking through my front […]

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