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Oct 1, 20206 min read

It's October again...

Maybe it's the change of my calendar to October, which is reserved for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness. Maybe it's the news of...

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Sentimental Sass

Aug 15, 20204 min read

The 7th Kitchen

I’m sitting here on the kitchen floor in the last rental home I’ll likely ever have. Well, maybe not ever, but at least for the...

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Sentimental Sass

Aug 11, 20202 min read

What motherhood means to me...

Today is National Sons and Daughters Day, so of course I’ve got to share mine! Parenting these two children has been the greatest joy of...

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Sentimental Sass

Jul 8, 20202 min read

Stuck in the 'in between' with you...

I'll say it: Today is a hard freaking time to be a parent. We're watching our kids sort through the many emotions and anxieties that come...

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Sentimental Sass

Apr 2, 20202 min read

I see you.

Are you scared, anxious, unsettled or nervous? ... I see you. Have you cried a bit more than you normally do? Or maybe not enough? ......

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Sentimental Sass

Mar 27, 20204 min read

The Storm

As I tried to fall asleep last night, my thoughts turned, yet again, to the scary and uncertain times that we’re living in right now. In...

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Sentimental Sass

Mar 9, 20206 min read

But you left me far behind...

By now, you’ve probably figured out that I like to tell stories that relate to significant events in my life. And Lord knows, there have...

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Sentimental Sass

Mar 9, 20202 min read

Vernal Equinox

First day of spring-- I keep thinking about the end of autumn. - Matsuo Basho I remember reading this poem in my ‘Approaches to Reading...

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Sentimental Sass

Feb 27, 20202 min read

A Million Tiny Moments

Life happens in a million tiny moments. And for some reason, the seemingly unremarkable moments are my favorite. Moments that don’t...

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Sentimental Sass

Feb 19, 20202 min read

What cancer gave me...

Those who know me best know that I do my best thinking while washing dishes and while vacuuming, and this evening, as I tackled a sink...

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Sentimental Sass

Feb 8, 20203 min read

Wonder

‘Ooo, I believe, fate, fate smiled And destiny laughed as she came to my cradle Know this child will be able Laughed as my body she...

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Sentimental Sass

Jan 28, 20204 min read

Nine years!

Well, friends, today is the 9th anniversary of the day I received my cancer diagnosis. If you’ve known me over the years, you know that...

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Sentimental Sass

Jan 25, 20205 min read

Living to write (and writing to live)

You ever read something that makes you stop and catch your breath? Of course, you have. We all do it, and when it happens, we really...

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Sentimental Sass

Jan 15, 20203 min read

Heartstrings

Brooke Hampton once said, ‘I am pieces of all the places I have been, and the people I have loved. I’ve been stitched together by song...

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Sentimental Sass

Jan 7, 20204 min read

Homefront Girl

Sometimes out of the blue, Handsome Pants will thank me for all that I do for our family. I always smile, shrug and tell him, 'I love...

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Chasing dreams and other scary things...

Sentimental Sass

Jan 4, 20203 min read

Chasing dreams and other scary things...

Real talk: I came really close to deactivating this page and deleting my blog this evening. You see, I’m prone to freak-outs and tonight...

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Sentimental Sass

Jan 3, 20204 min read

Post It Epiphany

Facebook reminded me of this quagmire of a day that went down two years ago. And try as I might, I can’t resist sharing my commentary on...

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Sentimental Sass

Dec 31, 20194 min read

Feel the music in your soul...

For me, music is a force. A lifeblood that I could not and would not live without. It sustains me in every season and emotion. It has...

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Sentimental Sass

Dec 23, 20196 min read

Christmas Eve Nostalgia

To know me is to know my sentimental heart (duh), and nothing stokes those whimsical flames quite like Christmas Eve. It’s my very...

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Sentimental Sass

Dec 20, 20193 min read

Yin + Yang

In my head, I had it all planned out. I was going to have 3 or four kids, space them exactly two years apart, and it was going to be...

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