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A Letter to my Biggest Enemy…Self-Sabotaging, ME

November 20, 2013 7 Comments

Dear Self-Sabotaging Me, I have known you for far too long. You met me as a child, one dark night, when fear took hold. You are tricky. You have used people and circumstances as an excuse for your behavior. You have lied, twisted, and demoralized what I know I am capable of. You came as a […]

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Beauty Isn’t Found in Gluing Leaves to Barren Trees

November 13, 2013 5 Comments

Row of Japanese Maples lining our driveway , now sit barren. Yesterday, their strawberry hews, fire blazing reds, pumpkin and canary colors hailed entry into our home. Now they stand like empty arms, barren sticks reaching helplessly vertical to the sky. A wind blew in last night. Without warning. While fruit bowl colors clung on for […]