Tagged: family

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Family / Inspire

Why the darkest Christmas was my brightest

Ketchum / Sun Valley Idaho (Image Source) It was Christmas 2009 andĀ as inĀ years previous, I traveled to the mountains to spend the holidays with my parents at their home in Ketchum, Idaho, Ā a small...

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Family / Inspire

Time, the most precious gift of all

As Motherā€™s Day approaches I am reminded how blessed I am to still have my vibrant, wise and beautiful mom with me. There are enough things in life that I may, or may not,...

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Family / Inspire

Bullying: The hurt that keeps on giving

IĀ was bullied in school. Back then, I donā€™t think we called it bullying. In fact, I think most people in the 1960s and 70s tended to look at itĀ as ā€œKids will be kids.ā€ The...

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Inspire

13 things I learned in 2011

I donā€™t know about you, but 2011 has probably been the most difficult, bittersweet year I can recall. It was a year in which I excitedly published my first book, and then lost my...

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Family / Inspire

Reverb 10: The power of friendship & family

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” Ā ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge Iā€™m participating in a month-long blogging challenge calledĀ Reverb10 during which I am posting a response to a writing prompt fromĀ 31 different authors. The goal of the...