photo credit: @kazmirova via Unsplash I woke up with chest pressure today, and it was not a residual from being sick last week. I haven’t had this kind of chest pressure in a while. I am convinced it has always been purely stress-related. Of course, it’s because of what day...
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photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash It’s been a week. Literally and figuratively. I am writing straight from the heart today. I honestly have not completely processed the outcome of the election. I keep thinking to myself “How is that possible? Why is Tr*mp allowed to be president again? How was he allowed to...
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I spent twelve hours with colleagues at a work conference today. Here I am, five hours away from home, when all I really want is a hug from Jon and him telling me that it will be ok. He did call me and said these words but they sounded hollow....
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I’ve seen this phrase on social media a few times in the last couple of days and whoever said it first (I think it was Robert Reich during the 2020 election) perfectly captured how many of us feel today, on Election Day 2024. I ran through my neighborhood this morning...
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image credit: @libbyvanderploeg We’re a few days away from election day and I don’t know what I could say at this point that hasn’t been said. I am tired, I am sad, I am enraged, and I need you all to go out and vote if you haven’t already. I...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2023 I am recapping the wonderful time that I had with my family here in the States last summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. (I’ve done these recap posts the last few times...
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Today is my California-versary again. I arrived here for the first time on September 9, 2001. 22 years. I’ve written about how I ended up in the US before (you can read about it here) and I still have days where I have to pinch myself to believe that I made...
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I am recapping the wonderful time that I had with my family here in the States last summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. (I’ve done these recap posts the last few times when I had my family visit, and if you want to see how fast kids...
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I am recapping the wonderful time that I had with my family here in the States this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. (I’ve done these recap posts the last few times when I had my family visit, and if you want to see how fast kids...
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On Saturday morning (7/2) we had breakfast at the hotel at 8:45 am and then we made our way to Santa Cruz. We had originally planned to spend a day in Half Moon Bay, but the weather app predicted cold and cloudy weather there, so we decided to drive a...
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