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I’m not into the holidays. I don’t like the disruption to our regularly scheduled lives. Stores are closed. Expectations are high. Not all holidays are super difficult. Some just require hot dogs and beer and firecrackers. Others require weeks of baking, shopping, wrapping, attending concerts and pageants and family gatherings. I don’t like to say…
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summer loving
The summer officially ended this weekend. Labor Day picnics, trips to the lakes, gatherings and merriment are used to celebrate the season. Leaves have already begun to fall. Pools and ice cream stands will begin to close in my beloved Michigan. Nothing is permanent here. We live in a very dimensional state with four robust…
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invitation only
In middle school, Faylynn Moss said to me, “You just want everyone to like you.” She was right. It mattered to me. Of course she didn’t say it as an observation. She meant it as an insult. And it did hurt. I’ve always wanted people to be pleased with what I’m putting out. Now that…
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parent trap
I do everything 100%. I don’t know how to half-ass anything. (Well, maybe the dishes. I like to just shove those into the dishwasher and hope that the machine can melt off the cheese.) So, when I found out I was pregnant in 2001, I knew that I would be 100% mom. I dove in…
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begin again
I love words. I’m a fan of the English language. It has so many rules and then those rules are broken incessantly. I thrill in finding mistakes in professional spaces. I’ll tell a server when there’s a mistake on a menu. I sent my surgeon his post-op care instructions back after I had edited them…
Auda Here
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Auda Here 