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I was born for this…

Teaching. Educating.  Leading.  Growing.  Learning.  Inspiring. I was born for this. Was born to this calling.  Was born for such a time as this, for such a time as now. For such a time as five days a week, from 9-4.  And then, for such a time as even more than boxed-in hours.  For late …

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Have a nice day!

There are students at my school that sing to the teachers as we come in the school.  This is what they sing: “Welcome to Blooooomfield!!!!  Have a nice day!  And I cannot help but think that these students have a really great way of looking at life…and a great perspective.  And they remind me each …

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Just an Ordinary Day…

Another day slips away. Time, relentless gritty granules in the proverbial sand timer. And here we all are. At different points in our journey. For which, each and every day when the evening closes into darkness, we take stock. Of where we are. From whence we’ve come. And where we are headed tomorrow. It is …

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Thirty-Nine Wild and Precious Years…

When I was a little girl, I lived in constant fear of never reaching adulthood.  I imagined every common cold to be cancer.  Every cut or bruise to be fatal.  I feared dying at every turn.  I would pray every night for God to ‘please, please’ see me through to the morning.   From the dark …

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Love on anyway…

Love.  It is the one thing life must be characterized by.  But at times, the hardest thing to give.  The most difficult offering to bring forward when we’ve been wronged.  When we are wounded and hurting and desperate for justice.   We say we love.  But do we truly love…everyone?  I know I have a long …

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To Thine Own Self Be True…

Post-Mother’s Day 2013 (survived!).    And so here I am reflecting now, on a few of my favorite things.  Mothers and holidays and good old-fashioned truth-telling.   Blog style.   And I got to thinking about motherhood.    About the mothers I know and love, and about how each special mother, from those who are steady and patient to …

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Mother’s Day Eve…(a.k.a. Just another Mother’s Day)

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day.  Let me hear a whoop-whoop from the peanut gallery. Ah, Mother’s Day!   A day of great expectations and high aspirations.  Look it.  Here’s my unbiased advice for surviving the day.  Let’s just all take a b-iiii-gggg breath.  And then, let us exhale in unison.  Now.    Let us release all those fuzzy, …

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Spent and Used Up…

It’s been a long day. Preceded by an even longer night. In which I woke, startled by my dream. A telling dream- of projected fears and failures and worries about things to come. And now, here I am again. Ready to head into another night. And then, another day. And on and on. Sadly, there …

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The Pursuit of Joy

Hey!  Welcome all!!!  Glad you are here…at this time and at this place.   With me.  Sharing my writing and this space called Pursuit of a Joyful Life!  I am humbled by your presence. A few words about my writing, my blog and the name of this group.  I named my blog  “Pursuit of a Joyful …

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It’s Okay…

It’s okay to rue the day you’ve just lived.  And thank your lucky stars that it is over.  We know you are still the greatest, Mom.  And it is also okay if there is not one moment of that day in which you lived completely and joyfully in the moment.  Or one moment wherein you …

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Why I Had Children…And How I Have Learned To Cope With Them

I am suppose to write a blog piece for the Huffington Post about motherhood (for their special upcoming  Mother’s Day issue in another week).  And I have no idea what to write.  I am a loss.  There are no pearls of wisdom, no gems of gold from which others can glean sage advice.  No nothing.  …

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Why I HATE the Tooth Fairy…

Okay.   Whatever.  I am just going to throw in the towel and join the circus.   Add to the usual chaos that follows me from home to school to wherever I go, you can add to that list: Dream Crasher.  ‘Cause there is one lil’ gal in West Prince who no longer believes in the tooth …

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