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The Accidental, Comedic Quest
Scene: A bright, sunny Saturday morning, mid-morning, at the 6021. ASHLEYNE arises from bed and opens her bedroom door, allowing the general populace to know she is awake, before returning to sit on her bed. SHANEEQUA appears in the doorway, also still in her pajamas, looking bright-eyed and bushy tailed. S: Good morning! Do…
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Life is full of decisions, both the kinds we make individually and decisions others make. Because of the sheer volume of choices required in order to stay alive and the immense number of forces outside our control, it is not actually possible to make wise and positive decisions all the time. In other words: not all our decisions…
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And Then They Were Losers
Mistakes Losses Failures From one to the next to the next. A downhill slope. As children, we aren’t usually taught to lose well. Americans in particular have an incredibly low tolerance for losing. The reality is, we all lose sometimes. We all fail. But in a culture where former greats are shamed for being less…
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A Trash Can Away From Greatness
We didn’t have television growing up – or rather, we had a television and a VHS player…just no channels. No, I’m not Laura from Little House on the Prairie. It’s just how it was. But my great aunt Ruth lived in a house attached to ours, and she had basic TV channels, which was a huge deal.…
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Guest Blog: Somewhere to Land
This guest blogger is a woman of prayer, a spiritual director, a mother, grandmother, observer of nature, and caretaker of souls. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a post by the the woman who raised me: Lucky Jane. July 14, 2016. 10:00 p.m. I stand at the kitchen sink washing dishes, in a state of…
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Let’s go
I am sitting on a friend’s bed, enjoying a light breeze in sunny California, but apparently I must write to you. I have words to be read, you have eyes to read, we’re a match made in heaven and I cannot stand to be apart. But I’ll keep it short: On Friday, you will hear…