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A Letter to My Daughter on the Cusp of Her Fifth Birthday

1/17/2016

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My daughter is turning five in less than two weeks. Part of me is uncertain of how this is even happening and part of me is in complete awe of the remarkable little person she has become. Her life is one of constant evolution and discovery, and I marvel at how well she has managed to cope with the challenges of the last few years of our life, namely the death of her father and my husband.

Steve will have been gone two years in March. That in and of itself blows me away.

This letter explores the challenges she has faced, and the hopes and dreams that I have for her.

Read A Letter to My Daughter on the Cusp of Her Fifth Birthday, up on Mamalode today.
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Moving with the Water

1/4/2016

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My latest essay, up on Role Reboot today, is a meditation on all of the times that people have marveled at my strength and how I honestly believe that we are all just doing the best we can.

"I don’t think people understand how little control one has. It is a tidal wave, and you have no choice but to move with the water. When you don’t move with it, that’s when you break. That’s when you drown. That’s when you’re never again found. And deep down, we all want to live, so you just have to move with the wall of water. Strength, love, and life be damned."

Read Moving with the Water.
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