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How the Pandemic Changed Us

It’s been three years since our world shut down and, wow, has life changed.  I have worked to keep a journaling habit for most of my life. I even wrote this post about trying a new way to journal, more…

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Restarting the Amazing Race

Thank you to everyone who has tuned in to watch these middle-aged parents compete in this season of The Amazing Race. Having the privilege to participate in a show we’ve been watching for twenty years was a bizarre dream. Then…it…

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Marriage

We’re on The Amazing Race!

Whenever Penn and I would put together IKEA furniture, we would always joke… “We better get better at this if we’re ever going to be on The Amazing Race.” You see we remember when The Amazing Race first aired back…

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What Will This School Year Look Like?

If they gave out gold medals for worrying, I’d stand atop that podium with pride. No one can beat my ability to worry about things far beyond my control. My mind can spiral about just about anything, but add “sending…

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To My Friends Who Keep Showing Up

When describing me one time, Penn said I made friends much like I enter a cold pool. Some of you jump, cannonball style, right into the deep end. Not me.  First I start on the steps letting my body get…

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My Spring Mental Health Routine

Someone once told me mental health is like a car. (Stay with me here.) Some cars need an occasional oil change, the cheapest gas and they will run, problem free, for decades. Others need a pit crew full of people…

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This Isn’t What I Pictured

When Penn and I started writing this book two years ago, I pictured us tucked away in a log cabin, wearing cardigan sweaters, and typing away. We’d only stop to smile at each other and sip herbal tea. It was…

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Has It Been A Year?

Let’s talk about the “one year wall.” March marks one year since the pandemic really took off in the United States. Even if you haven’t lost someone to Covid or been sick yourself, your life has been affected. Our lives…

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What I’m Keeping from the Pandemic

Let’s just say it: Global pandemics suck.  Like most, we know people who have become seriously ill and have several close friends who have lost parents and grandparents. Even if you don’t have anyone in your circle who has been…

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Have You Hit A Wall? Me Too.

I’ve hit a wall. The emotional kind, and also a LITERAL WALL. We’re closing in on the one year anniversary of needing “two weeks to flatten the curve.” My soul is done. I have pandemic fatigue. I want vacations and…

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