Posts Tagged ‘authenticity’
Moving to Midland: Fighting Through the Ugly to Find the View
Satellite map stalking can only prepare you so much. I saw Midland in real life, for the very first time, the night before we closed on our house here. We had just finished the 2-day-long trek from North Dakota with 3 kids, 2 dogs,1 cat and the biggest Uhaul they make. We had engine troubles…
Read MoreLocking My Keys in the Car and the Surprising Thing That Saved Me
Ding, ding, ding. The fuel light flickered on right in the middle of the evening juggling act. I had dinner on the stove at home and my two youngest waiting for me to get back. I had just dropped my oldest kid off at Jiu Jitsu and was only supposed to be gone for 20…
Read MoreMy Mess, My Medicine, My Message
Medicine isn’t always a potion or a pill. Sometimes it’s a person, or a place, or a path, or a passion. This is a sample of my mine. … The overwhelm hits me and my stomach punches back. A battle commences inside me. I over committed again, said yes to too many new things when…
Read MoreFaux Real: Which Girl is the Authentic Me?
Which me is the “real me”? The lovely adorned one or the raw and unpolished one? Why have I chosen to believe that the least impressive side of myself is the “real” me and everything else is just a charade I put on for the world? A little girl playing pretend. Am I trying to hide “who I…
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