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Committing to a three book diet

Writing to Sanity and the 3 Book Diet

I’ve been invited–and you’re being invited now–to take part in a challenge of reading only three books over the next year. Whose idea is this, anyway? And why would I want to even THINK about joining such a challenge? Three books in one year? Are you kidding me? Who DOES that?! For me, this challenge [...]

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Small and mighty

Graphic button for http://www.projectunderblog.com

I want to share with you an exciting new project that I am privileged to be a part of. Project: UnderBlog is a submission-based collaborative writing project honoring the smaller voices in the blogging community. With five to ten core bloggers to publish, promote, and engage on a monthly basis, this is ultimately a place where most [...]

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Tired and overwhelmed

Cover picture of January First

I’ve thought the past week about what I could write about after reading a book (in one sitting, unbelievably) about a young child that is living with schizophrenia. I agonized over how I could relate to such an intense story. Then, I read an article published today by Chris Brogan, President of Human Business Works. [...]

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Letter to my younger self

Picture of a letter to my younger self

This is a letter to my younger self. It is unedited and I don’t care. I have so much more to say — I will leave that for another day.

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Just write.

Create

And when I think I’m done, I should keep writing. I often wonder why I can’t think of anything to write about. It’s not as if I don’t have any ideas on what to write about; it’s just my brain that gets in the way, telling me I don’t have anything worthy to say. Worthy [...]

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My signs of life

Cover of Signs of Life by Natalie Taylor

Over the past few weeks, I have tried to process some of the feelings that are left lingering since my life was turned upside in the fall of 2009. It was then that the man I had been intimately involved with for about a year-and-a-half dropped (what I perceived to be) a bomb on me. [...]

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When a girl has a sister-friend…

Picture of Thomasina and Desiree

When a girl has a sister-friend, things are never quite as scary. You see, when I felt like the world walked out on me, my sister-friends walked in. We have been friends for over 20 years and I am so blessed to have them in my life. I consider it a privilege to be friends [...]

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