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A sparkling little corner for navigating motherhood, family, life’s unexpected storms, and all the glorious chaos in between, with plenty of humor, heart, and a dash of magic.

  • Suncatcher
    Kim was a suncatcher. She literally was so full of light and the air around her twirled and radiated rainbow lights. She would have been 46 on February 8 this year, 2020. So when I was invited to a birthday party for our dear friend, Sunny, on February 8 in
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  • How Divorce is like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    I’ve been divorced for two weeks, and the battle wounds are not healed yet, and there are many many loose ends to sort out, but the relief of having the battle over is surreal. Even more surreal is accepting my new title of divorcee… “Hello Darling, I am a ‘divorcee’!”
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  • My First Morning as a Divorcee
    I wept because my pain was gone and I was not yet accustomed to its absence.
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  • Dragonslayer
    My favorite mythologist, Joseph Campbell, said near the end of every hero’s journey, we face a massive dragon guarding life’s greatest treasure—the truth of our soul. It’s a lesson I learn over and over, but it seems the dragon is bigger this time, with much sharper teeth and claws and
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  • The Pink Feather Hat, the Three Legged Cat, and a Dress Made of Starlight
    I was talking to a veterinarian mom last night at a 7th grade birthday party, and we were talking about the kitten debacle of 2018. (In a nutshell, our six-month-old kitten got pregnant on spring break while staying with a catsitter, and gave birth to several kittens, one on my
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  • Circus Dreams
    I was jumping on the bed last night in a spontaneous dance party to Soulmate by Lizzo, when I missed the bed and face-planted on my hardwood floor. Henry, my 13-year-old’s face appeared above me. “Mom? Are you okay?”  “Of course! I know how to take a fall! I was
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  • Warm Up the Car, Baby!It’s Cold Outside!
    When I was 16, and it was winter, my Dad would go out to the garage every single morning and start my car for me to warm it up before I got in it. Every single morning. I don’t remember getting into a cold car once. I can still smell
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  • Laura: Holiday Love Journey: Part 3
    Part 1: Caring for my Mom, and laying next to her watching her favorite movie, Cinderella as she falls asleep. Part 2: Singing Over the Bones, my father’s bones to be exact, singing over his grave on Christmas Eve, and how in my time of grief and loss, I sometimes
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  • Singing Over the Bones: Love Journey: Part 2
    Singing over the bones, grief and transformation…
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