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Surprise Birthday Gifts
While on my road trip up the middle of America and back again, I had a birthday. I had thought perhaps that I would make a bit to-do about it….because that is how I usually do birthdays on my blog, but instead I was busy getting my car fixed. I made the best of it though….donuts and all!! I had been staying with my cousin Lori on a communal far just outside of Oklahoma City. On the morning of my birthday, she took me to a donut shop and ambushed me with Happy Birthday at the top of her lungs…solo. I was mortified and delighted all in the same breath…which…
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The Transition
It’s coming quickly, the end of the year, and I keep surfing between thoughts of this year and the next. What did I accomplish? What fell through the cracks? What do I want the coming year to be like? What do I want my focus to be? I bring little routines and rituals into my days in an attempt to tack down time. It feels like it is moving so fast. So much action is packed into the next couple of weeks for me. My husband and I just made a whirlwind trip to his hometown for a funeral, quickly visited with family, and rushed back to work. This weekend…