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After really struggling last week between my need to sleep and my desire not to sleep, I decided that this week on my day of spirituality I would spend one day throwing out my to do list and letting go of all the things I "should" do [...]
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"The level of sexual imagery in modern life is astounding. I knew intuitively this was true, but when you tune into it, you just can't believe it. I click on the Yahoo! finance page, and there's this blond model in a low-cut dress looking [...]
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Whew! I sat down today, with both kids finally healthy and off at school, with my husband healthy and off at work, with a house covered in a summer of chaos (which I am steadfastly ignoring) and thought, "I'll write about my daughter's huge tantrum. [...]
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One summer day, when I was eighteen, I was lying outside in the sun, eyes closed, just (supposedly) relaxing. But I could feel every tense muscle in my body. I could feel my mind racing, uneasy with the stillness. What was I doing [...]
The house is asleep:
Soft hum of my computer
its gentle waking.
My cold toes wiggle
under a still sleeping cat:
warm, furry blanket.
There's movement outside,
the light is getting sharper,
but I'm not ready.
I want to cling to
that last moment of stillness
like a lost lover.
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My mind races. Often it races at the same brick wall again and again.
I was sitting down at the computer earlier trying to compose a post about something I'm working through in my recovery. My mind was spinning and spinning on the topic, but the [...]
