4 ways texting enhances my relationships.

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ahh the olden days. I grew up during the heyday of note passing. I passed notes to friends when bored in class (what should we wear tomorrow? wanna match??). I passed notes to boys I liked (this was how I learned the timeless lesson:*all* things are permanent and can be shared. behave and write accordingly.) I wrote long & verbose missives to best, best friends sharing my innermost ... Continue Reading

Boobs and Pubes.

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Disclaimer: This is neither a sponsored post nor does it contain affiliate links.  What feels like a lifetime ago I wrote about a new concept in celebrating yer menses: Hello Flo! I snickered at the monthly box approach ("It's like Santa for your vagina!"). I thought the Camp Gyno commercial--while funny--was a tad lily white for my taste. I didn't adore what I viewed as myth ... Continue Reading

The What You Can When You Can iTunes podcast.

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Lately we've been busy. Headsets on. Recording. Chatting. Laughing. Sharing. We U.S.A.-types are off for a long holiday weekend. You non-U.S.A. types are off for a ...weekend. If you find yourself with some spare time, with a long run looming (go you!), or simply wanting to escape the family togetherness relax solo for a bit:  come hang with us! ... Continue Reading

Whats wrong with average?

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The photo which started it all... The Child and I have been going through old pictures. Everything from Great Grandparents to Mama back in the olden days. Pre-child. Pre-marriage. She discovered a stack from when I was in college and immediately remarked how different I looked. She couldn't come up with words to capture precisely how (I think she was too sweet to point out my current ... Continue Reading

Beanpole perspective (guest post).

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Please welcome Jan and her response to my recent Skinny Shaming post.  I'm so grateful she's here to share the Skinny Shaming perspective... When a plus-sized runner hit the cover of Women’s Running magazine, it created quite a stir in media land. Comments I read ranged from the supportive, it’s-about-time, to those that expressed a concern about putting someone who is “obviously unhealthy” ... Continue Reading

Are girl squads the new cliques?

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Birthday party, Mr. McFeely & Girl Squad?  I don't remember much from elementary school when it comes to friendships, exclusivity and cliques. I don't have memories of girls who weren't friendly or who closed ranks of cliques and left me on the outside. Do you recall any of that? I once asked my mom. I don't, but I wonder if it's the benevolence of memory? You were lucky, she ... Continue Reading

Starting my second life.

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the night of my 30th birthday.  I have a number of friends---apparently I hang with a younger crowd--who've turned 30 this year. For many of them the transition from 20's to 30 has been challenging. A sense of leaving the freedom of youth behind and of the fact it's time to (finger quote) buckle down (unF.Q.) and commence adulting. or any day, really... 30 for me didn't feel like a ... Continue Reading

What book should be on my shelf?

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my personal first aid kit contains a fave! We all have self- definitions. While this can be limiting at times, for the sake of today's navel gazings post, it's not. For today we are going to choose to view self-definitions as merely information on how we see/view ourselves. A chunk of my self-definition is I'm a voracious reader. A piece of my self-definition is: I struggle to find ... Continue Reading

Youre my favorite thing to do (guest post)

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The Hubs and I rescued this pitbull two years ago. He's anxious, sometimes unpredictable, and early on, there were moments when he was downright scary. We didn't know his history. His behaviour and responses were like nothing we'd encountered in previous pets.  We wondered how to train him.  We worried if we didn't fix him address the behaviours, he'd do something really ... Continue Reading

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