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Life Balance, Part Two: It’s A Jigsaw Puzzle

October 26, 2008

By anyone’s standards, my Daddy was a successful man. He owned his own electrical contracting company and made money hand over fist. His hours were long, but he got everything done every day. On weekends, he took the family to our vacation home (a trailer) at Lake Texoma. Though he spent [...]

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Life Balance, Part One: Walking A Tight Rope

October 26, 2008

“Don’t worry,” she said confidently. “I can do it all.”
The skeptical thoughts running through my head at that moment included, “Maybe …unless life gets in the way.”
She was a “thirty-something” young woman, who was telling me about her busy life, which she kept highly organized. She has a husband who works a late [...]

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Balance And The Boot Scootin’ Boogie

May 20, 2008

I’ve told you before that I wanted to learn to dance. My momma and daddy could tear up the floor dancing, and one of my fondest dreams was to be able to do that. If William hadn’t ruined it for me in the 6th grade, I’d already be there. My problem is [...]

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Balance Is A Choice

May 11, 2008

Have y’all seen the little old lady in the buffet line? You know the one I mean. She drives you nuts, because she is so dadgum slow! While you stand there grumbling, she carefully fills her plate. She dawdles around while you fume. She takes a little bit of this, [...]

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Fate

May 8, 2008

I watched him in fascinated horror. He was on his side in the shallow water; his body was heaving as he gasped for breath. It’s hard to determine the expression in a trout’s eyes, but I’m sure I saw his fear.
My ex-husband had caught him, and stuck a yellow nylon cord through his [...]

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Gentle Rebellion–Finding Balance–A Group Writing Project

April 23, 2008

The last many months for me has been nothing but go. . . go. . . GO! Every woman out there knows what I mean, and I believe that most men understand it, too. Some of us fill our lives so full that we barely get to enjoy the things we do. [...]

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