Yearly Archives: 2011

I love stories.  I love listening to the stories of the lives around me.  Stories of strangers, stories of friends, stories of family.  I believe they matter.  I take big satisfying gulps of stories about the roads others have traveled, the things that make their hearts beat faster, the stories that mean something to them.  […]

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At first I thought I was hungry.  I had returned home from a morning run, showered, and just sat down with a cold bottle of water when I felt it. I grabbed a bite to eat and sipped more water and still, the rumbles continued. It was a soft and subtle feeling at first, but […]

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It’s funny the things you take for granted.  You know the saying, “just like riding a bike.”  Without thought, one might think that the phrase infers that it’s easy to ride a bike.  And really, how much do we think about riding a bike?  We don’t.  Once we learn, we never forget, right?  It’s something […]

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My mother in law just sent me a quote in reference to today’s blog post.  It sums up the exact point I was trying to make. . . “Turbulence is inevitable, but misery is optional.” Howard Putnam That’s all.

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“I think that at all times we are going into a storm, we are in the middle of a storm, or we are coming out of a storm. . . that’s just life.” These were words expressed to me today in a conversation I was having with someone.  Honestly, the statement left me puzzled.  This […]

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