grace
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The Only Thing That Really Matters Is Love
2018, apartment, bad idea, baggage, beloved, California, childhood, Christmas, common sense, compassion, concern, dead of winter, dopamine hit, event planner for end of days, family, gift, good idea, grace, healing, ice, Jefferson Airplane, Kindness keeps you young, letting go, life, Logic, Long Term Friends, love, Magnificent Disaster, mania, material goods, Meanness makes you old, mental health, Mid-West, Minnesota, Out of the Cage, Practical Magic, rent, retirement, Retirement She’s Come Undone 2018 Tour, Scion xB, Scotland, Scrabble, snow, The Committee, travel, trippy, vacations, White Rabbit, worn-out teddy bear, Worst Case Scenario, Wright BrothersWhen I retired and thought my destiny would be found in a tiny little town in Minnesota in the dead of winter, I reveled in the freedom of being able to tie a pretty little bow in what had become my past and move forward with all the energy and gusto of a professional deal…
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After a lifetime of struggling with bipolar disorder, trauma, shame and secrecy, I have found the light. THERAPY!
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‘”Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. Then your courage should appear, for if you will persevere, you will conquer, never fear, try, try, try again…” -from A Selection of Hymns and Poetry for the Use of Infant Schools and Nurseries, 1838 They…
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Dreams of falling then flying when I was a child.
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Sometimes we need to stop merely existing and instead begin fully living.
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It was a hot Sacramento day in the summer of 1989.
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I originally wrote this in 1987 and came across it today. I’ve updated it to bring it a little closer to the current time. Enjoy!
Mostly Michelle Marie 