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We’re Making a Movie!
Two years ago, I booked a flight to Nashville to join a writing team. 99 other people, from 38 states and six countries, did the same thing. We were all answering the call to an Instagram ad, a proposal to do something no one had ever done before, the chance to be a part of Continue reading
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Welcome to the Table, Willie
Two weeks before you were born, we celebrated your uncle’s birthday. We sat at our favorite hibachi restaurant, passing plates of sushi back and forth, and clapping as our chef caught an egg in his hat and constructed an onion volcano. We held up our drinks, asking each other, “do you want to try this?” Continue reading
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My Best Day in June
I fell into a routine of doing these every other month, but then, some months just have a day you want to write about. Days you want to squeeze like a wet towel so you can wring out all the tiny details and get them down on paper so you can remember them for much Continue reading
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My Best Day in May
There is always something special about a three-day weekend. Though few and far between on a typical work schedule, they bring two special weeks in a row: a three-day weekend followed by a four-day work week. Needless to say, Memorial Day was already shiny before it started. I woke up that Monday lazy, without hurry, Continue reading
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Repost: The Bird
Since I think we’re all in the mood for a good laugh, and ironically my sister and I were just talking about this, I thought I’d reshare this post from March of 2015. It was a “throwback” story even then, but I think it still holds up as one of the more entertaining days in Continue reading
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My Best Day in February
Right now, Thursdays are my favorite day (aside from Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays, I suppose.) Thursdays I get to go in late to work because I exercise in the mornings, filling my endorphins cup early. I count down throughout the week, thinking, only x more sleeps until I wake up on Thursday. And waking up Continue reading
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The Different Shapes of Morning
One of my goals for this year is to have slower mornings. And in thinking about what makes a morning slow—what makes a morning good (to me)—I thought about the different kinds of mornings I’ve experienced throughout my life. So often we forget that our mornings, however they look right now, may only look like Continue reading
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It’s a Good Day to be a Duck
This past weekend we grieved the loss but also celebrated the life of my great uncle Ted. Looking around the room at his extended family, as well as the slideshow of pictures that showcased his persistent joy for life, I remembered fondly all of the time I got to spend with him. And having worked Continue reading
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A Thanksgiving at Our House
My parents’ T-shaped kitchen counter has two bar stools sidled up to it, and on Thanksgiving they offer VIP seating to the organized chaos of the cooks. They also give perhaps too much access to the assortment of chips, salsa, and M&M’s set out to help bridge the gap between breakfast and Thanksgiving dinner, and Continue reading
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There’s Your Day
When I was little, my sister and I shared a room. Our twin beds sat against opposite walls, sandwiching a window in between, and each morning our mom would come in to wake us up by opening the curtains and saying, “there’s your day!” Often, in the haze of the morning and the frustration of Continue reading
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