eat, pray, post

waxing poetic, waning frenetic

Chopped!

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I binge on that Food Network show Chopped! the same way my husband binges on football every Sunday afternoon. Whenever it’s on, I sit there transfixed and I can’t seem to get enough. Sometimes it is an all day affair.   I lay there with my feet up, and call plays from the couch, all […]

Stepping Forward, Looking Back

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And it’s been a long December and there’s reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can’t remember all the times I tried to tell my myself To hold on to these moments as they pass ~ Counting Crows   Stepping into the new year, I remain hopeful. Feeling hopeful […]

Beautiful

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I watch as Christina Aguilera belts out her signature song on TV. “YOU are BEAUTIFUUUUUUL…in every single WAAAAY!” She’s hitting all those remarkable notes, deep and throaty, delivering a performance for the ages. And she’s looking right at me.  “No matter what they SAAAAY…!”  Yes, Christina, yes, I nod. But what I quietly ask myself is, “am I really, Christina? Am I beautiful, no matter what “they” say?”  I […]