Life Lessons
Reflections on change, resilience, love, loss and starting over, and the lessons learned along the way.
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Breaking Up Is Hard – Staying Open to Love Is Harder
I don’t write a lot about my relationships. In truth, I haven’t had that many serious ones in the first place. But…
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The Magic of Experiences in Life’s Journey
Where Your Choices Lead You I believe most of life’s choices and experiences are neither right nor wrong. They are there to…
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Happy New Year – More Glimmer and Less Chaos Please
A personal reflection on doomscrolling, social media fatigue, and finding small moments of hope and beauty in a chaotic world. From global…
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It’s Not Goodbye, but Arrivederci
Arrivederci Means, Until We See Each Other Again There are moments when the innocence of your childhood will disappear. Sometimes it’s a…
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Every Storm Runs Out of Rain
What Does “Every Storm Runs Out of Rain” Mean? “Every storm runs out of rain” means that no hardship lasts forever. However…
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Here Is Here and How to Make the Most of It
Happy New Year! I’m still here, at least I think I think here is here. I may have left pieces of myself…
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What Will You Let Go to Begin the New Year?
What will you let go of is my topic for this latest post. It is inspired by Marcus Amaker, an American poet…
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When You’re Thankful for All That Life Brings… Especially Pop-Tarts
I hope you enjoy this special Thanksgiving Eve edition of The Spaghetti Diaries. Thankfully, I’m not usually a midnight snacker or a…
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Look for the Gift That Sits Underneath the Mess
I just finished watching a beautiful film tonight recommended by a friend. It is called “Made in Italy.” The lead character, played…
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When You Go Backward in Order to Go Forward
“Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. Then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it’s ordinary and mundane…
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Overcome the Wall of Fear and Enjoy the Magic on the Other Side
“WONDER is what we’re born with. WORRY is what we learn.” Amber Rae I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about fears…
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Putting Auld Lang Syne to Rest Along with Christmases Past
Robert Burn’s infamous poem, “Auld Lang Syne” has always been a homage to nostalgia. I think nostalgia sucks. If you ever sat…
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It’s the Resilience That Changes Everything
“Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt, you fall. But, you keep…
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What If Is Never as Exciting as Why Not
I had no intentions of going out Sunday night. It was one of my few free weekend evenings, and I was exhausted…
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Freedom Is Relative
II find myself sitting home on a Saturday night while the warm summer night pulls at me to take a walk and…
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Yesterday Joy Won
“In this life, we will know and bear witness to incredible sorrow and anguish, and we will experience breathless love and joy.…
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The Best Laid Plans Are Seldom the Best Plans
“Man plans, and God laughs.” Yiddish Proverb Is it too cliché to say that a lot has happened since we last talked?…
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Life Is Perfectly Messy as It Should Be
“It’s all messy: the hair, the bed, the words, the heart, life.” – William Leal The last time we connected a few…
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It’s Time to Start Something Different
Hello friends! I hope you are making the most of the summer months. I’m sitting in my writing loft today, and there’s…
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Staying True to My Energy
Avoid the desire to absorb ill-intentions. Stay true to your energy in the moment to clear a path and create a moment…