“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” – Charles Darwin I have been interested lately in this idea of the No Edit Zone – the zone where you stop editing your life and everyone else around you. It’s really hard not to edit. I’m equally obsessed and repulsed by it. I can’t help myself and [...]
Butterflies
One day many years ago during my yearlong counseling internship I was called in to speak to a young girl, a 4th grader, who had a younger brother who was dying of leukemia. My supervisor thought that because my sister died of the same disease when we were kids that I was uniquely qualified to [...]
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Whereby I Finally Met Prince Charming
I met someone the other day who rocked my world. I am not going to date him. I am not going to tell you his age because as he says age is utterly irrelevant. I am not even going to tell you what he “does” because that too is sort of irrelevant. I am just [...]
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What If (X) Were No Longer Important to You?
Here’s a conversation I used to have with myself. The strong, audacious, bold and brilliant me and the scared, tentative and safe me. It might sound familiar to you. It may be so familiar that you just finished a similar one with yourself. It may make you feel anxious. You might want to run. Ignore [...]
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You Can Do This
You can do this. You can. You just felt it when I said it. A tingle went up your spine. Your heart beat faster. Your heart beat faster because you know there is something you want to do that you’re NOT doing. And when I said, “You can do this” you had a moment. You [...]
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I’m Not Sure What Will Happen…I Just Know Something Will
I’ve begun writing this post probably 5 times in the last week. I’ve started and then stopped and then deleted and started again. I’ve written it in my head even more times. I’m not sure why it is so difficult for me. Perhaps it is because I am basing an entire years worth of writing [...]
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If Only Everyone Were as Awesome as They Seem Online
Many moons ago I gave online dating a try. My girlfriend and I surfed the dating sites for hours. The names that people chose were comical. Lonelyforyou, theonlyone, desperateforyou, coloradolovr, nothingbutfun, etc. The names reminded me of vanity license plates. My ex-husband and I used to get such a kick out of them. We laughed [...]
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The Traffic Light of Dreams
“Dude that light was red!” (Spicoli’s friend yelling at him as he drives his cousin’s mustang through a red light.) “It was yellow a minute ago I’m sure.” – Spicolo’s response – Fast Times at Ridgemont High Yesterday Sandy and I were talking about dreams. Dream jobs, dream life, you know the drill. When I [...]
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The Near Freezing Boulder Plummet
I hate being cold and I hate flying so I’m not exactly sure why I decided going skydiving for the first time in early December in Colorado was a good idea, but that’s what I did. I wouldn’t say skydiving was ever on my list of must do’s but when my friend went and came [...]
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Did You Build This Muscle Today?
So, it’s my first day back at “work” after nearly two weeks off and the idea of hunkering down in my chair with a cup of coffee and writing till the tips of my fingers turn blue is very seductive. However, I started a dairy free experiment about a month ago so I’m not “supposed” [...]
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Hi. My name is Melani. My mom says that I was born with a pen in my hand. Lucky for her because had I been born 20 years later that keyboard would have been a real bitch.