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“I’m tempted to declare 2017, The Year of Failure.” This is what I messaged to a friend minutes after opening a long-awaited email informing me I was no longer in the running for a coveted job. My emotions were high; melodrama rose with ease. Looking back...
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Matti Mattila (This is a re-post from January 2012 when the twins were just six months old and my older kids were 3 and 5. It was a crazy time. This January I’m working full time and my kids are sick (as is par for the course come January) – it...
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Getting found almost always means being lost for a while. – Anne Lamott in Small Victories Too high. Too great. Too marvelous. These are the kind of things my heart was snagged on this morning. My eyes were lifted up toward the future, toward...
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Prince Humperdinck, “First things first, to the death.” Westley, “No, to the pain.” – The Princess Bride O, I believe, fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle, know this child will be able, laughed as my body she lifted,...
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“The babysitter’s coming tomorrow.” I say as we shuffle back and forth in the bathroom getting ready for bed. “I have to see my Psychiatrist,” I add, drawing out the word in a way that makes it sound fancy. Even now, seven months after...
