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Weekly Feast of 05-10-13
. . Meeting Martha Beck last weekend was my cherry on top for this year. She conducts a symphony of energy wherever she lands. But it’s more like an earth-shattering stillness rather than a crack in...
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Weekly Feast of 05-17-13
. Why do the things I suck at the most keep running into me??? I guess it’s true that we keep being taught the same lesson until we learn it. Yeah, yeah, but I still don’t like it. Anyway, one of my...
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Weekly Feast of 05-31-13
. Sometimes I love it when I’m wrong. At least around Thanksgiving and Christmas, I know what to expect. It’s like looking forward to celebrating my own implosion. “Silent night, holy night, all is...
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Weekly Feast: All’s Fair in Love & Loathing
. I lost my patience this week. I just let down my L’Oreal auburn hair and took a flying leap right out of my princess castle. Whenever I was slow to catch on as a kid (which happened a lot), Mamaw...
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Weekly Feast: Perfectly Imperfect
. How come I can kill my own spiders, but I still get terrified at the thought of a first date? I mean, really — what if he doesn’t like me? What if he does? And what about all that hard work I did on...
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Weekly Feast: The One Thing I Thought Would Never Happen
. I always thought teenage pregnancy happened to everybody else but me. It was just another thing I made sense of with another ridiculous formula in my head — you come from that neighborhood, you might...
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Weekly Feast: As Good As It Gets?
. I have never been at my worst than when I’m exhausted. I’m talking foggy-headed, bleary-eyed, limping out of bed tired. I hate to admit it, but come 1:00 on Wednesday, I’m just ready for a nap. Ok,...
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Weekly Feast: Naughty Karma
. When I got home and really looked at my receipt, I could have had a better time licking an ashtray. How could four $55 tires add up to 400 bucks? And why was I just now asking myself this? Not that...
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Weekly Feast: Lest Somebody Drops a House on You!
. Sometimes I wish we could all go into Yellow Brick mode. Things are going cross-ways with the neighbors lately? Just whip up a twister and hurl a house at them. Your boss is up to his old...
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Weekly Feast: Where Your Wild Things Are
. Everything was going fine until Devon Tyler took off his shirt and kissed me. I was the church Youth Group Leader, for heaven’s sake. That’s worse than making out with your teacher! By the way,...
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Weekly Feast: How to Plan on Planning
. “Too much slice on the ball, Baby!” She wiped the sweat off her face and re-served an already impeccable serve. “It wouldn’t be so bad if she weren’t only nine years old,” I mused to my cousin. As we...
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Weekly Feast: How to Fall in Love Again
. It was almost 5:00, and I still hadn’t made it to the grocery. All I needed was cheese and eggs. So, I raced into the parking lot. No sooner had I shut my car door, when I heard the clanging bell of...
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Myths About Meditating
. The first time I tried yoga, I showed up in jeans. So I got an F before we even started. As soon as I got up the courage to pour myself into spandex, I tried again. I was elated that only 15 minutes...
View ArticleIs There More to Life Than Being Happy?
We all want to be happy. That’s what it’s all about, right? I certainly thought I was well on my way a few years ago when I was doing the laundry and emptied my ex-boyfriend’s pockets. A crumpled up...
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I lost my patience this week. I just let down my L’Oreal auburn hair and took a flying leap right out of my princess castle. Whenever I was slow to catch on as a kid (which happened a lot), Mamaw . . ....
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