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Because I Owe It To Him

December 16, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Every year, December 16th starts off pretty much the same way. I wake up like I do on every other day. And then a few seconds or a few minutes after I’m up, I remember. I remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what I heard on that day in 1985 when my […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Uncategorized Tagged With: carpe diem, death, leukemia, seize the day

Letting Go and Finding My Purpose

November 15, 2017 by not your average mom 8 Comments

This is the time of year where I normally begin a slow descent into depression. It took me quite a while to recognize this. Last year was the first time I put two and two together. Every December I become very emotional. Very weepy. Prone to unwarranted and unexpected bouts of tears. My little brother […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: AA, appreciation, brain, control, death, faith, God, gratitude, human being, letting go, purpose, stress

Because You Might Not Get One More Week

October 19, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

My current favorite podcast is Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations. (The Tony Robbins, Brene Brown, and Glennon Doyle episodes are three of my favorites). All the episodes are about thirty minutes long. They are the perfect length for a half hour workout. Today while I was on the elliptical, I listened to the Michael Singer episode. He’s […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: death, Michael Singer, Oprah, podcasts, the untethered soul

2016. The Year of the Wake Up Call.

December 28, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Carrie Fisher died yesterday. She was only thirteen years older than me. George Michael died two days before that. He was only fifty-three. Fifty-three. He was younger than my husband! Alan Thicke died two weeks ago at 69. Two years younger than my parents. Prince died in April. He was only 57. I could keep going. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Alan Thicke, Carrie Fisher, death, depression, George Michael, husband, prince, wak up call, wake up call

It’s Time To Mourn

December 2, 2016 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Sometimes you need a few whacks in the head before something really starts to sink in. You know how  Facebook’s “on this day” reminds you of all the  things you commented on and shared every year before on that date? Two years ago exactly, I wrote a post about how I was struggling — “…My head is […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birthday, brother, crying, death, depression, leukemia, mourn

It was a short run. But a good one.

June 1, 2013 by not your average mom 9 Comments

A few weeks back I wrote about our new kitty. The one that we discovered had been born under our garage. The one who had never had any human contact. The one who would only let Number 6 near her, intially. Getting close to her was difficult in the beginning, and as a result, her fur […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: death, delivering bad news, dying, kitty, pets

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