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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...
Sentimental Sass
Oct 1, 20206 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Aug 15, 20204 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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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? ......
Sentimental Sass
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Mar 27, 20204 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Mar 9, 20206 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Mar 9, 20202 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Feb 27, 20202 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Feb 19, 20202 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Feb 8, 20203 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jan 28, 20204 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jan 25, 20205 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jan 15, 20203 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jan 7, 20204 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jan 4, 20203 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Jan 3, 20204 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Dec 31, 20194 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Dec 23, 20196 min read
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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...
Sentimental Sass
Dec 20, 20193 min read
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