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The “Wednesday” List

Posted on February 25, 2009 - Filed Under self reflect | Comments Off on The “Wednesday” List

As my week blows by and I am slammed by an early Wednesday schedule, I realize that getting my morning pages done at 5:30am is just not feasible. I rarely fall asleep before 11pm, and so getting ME conscious that early is like asking a flower to bloom mid-winter at freezing temperature. It is JUST […]

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Morning Chat

Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under self reflect | 2 Comments

So I have been getting up every morning, and the first thing I do is write three pages in my journal. The Artist Way workshop makes this part of the “unblocking” process, and it is important to write EVERY morning. Now, whether or not people in the program actually do that is another thing entirely, […]

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How does she KNOW?

Posted on February 20, 2009 - Filed Under self reflect | Comments Off on How does she KNOW?

Honestly, I have no idea how Monica intuitively knows where I am – yeah, yeah, we talk, but she just knows and finds such amazing stuff for me to roll around in and contemplate. Sometimes I feel like Gizmo, passed out on the black pavement on a crisp Florida winter morning, soaking up the sun […]

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I just had to

Posted on February 14, 2009 - Filed Under self reflect | Comments Off on I just had to

It brings out my inner child! I am taking the Artists Way workshop – Friday was my first session. I am loving it and wish Monica could be here to take it too. As soon as I got hold of the book and started to read it I realized I want to do that too […]

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What’s a Parent to do?

Posted on February 10, 2009 - Filed Under self reflect | 3 Comments

As JP grows – and slowly transforms into an adult – I am faced with all kinds of new dilemmas and questions. I was one of three women in a household, and teaching a boy to pee when you are a single mom is an interesting ordeal… and along the way there have been lots […]

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Hey Josh!

Posted on February 1, 2009 - Filed Under self reflect | Comments Off on Hey Josh!

Thanks to Josh for finding me on Twitter, and peaking my interest. I think, I know, that this will have some meaning for some of my students – some of the teens I hope to work with – Message of compassion and enormous insight into family relationships – because – we all want to be […]

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