Living Big
I signed the offer. After 26 years with the same company… through countless roles, promotions, challenges, leadership opportunities, late nights,…
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Absence Has a Presence of Its Own
People often worry about talking about someone who has died. That saying their name will reopen something painful. That bringing…
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I Never Thought Garbage Would Run My Life
I never anticipated garbage would run so much of my life. First of all, I’m in the garbage business. The…
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Two Places at Once
Grief has a way of making you feel like you’re supposed to be in two places at once. Present… and…
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The Strange Physical Side of Grief
No one prepares you for how physical grief is. You expect the emotions. The sadness. The crying. The waves that…
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Weeks of Lying…Zero Regrets. 🤍✈️
For weeks… a secret kept. While they teased me relentlessly about not coming to Florida. While I was told —…
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Leaving on a Jet Plane… to Surprise My Bestie
They had absolutely NO idea. Worth every second of keeping the secret. Zero regrets. 10/10 Full story on the blog.
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The Mascara Incident (or: The Time I Nearly Took My Own Eye Out at a Red Light)
Facebook memories reminded me today that at the beginning of COVID I nearly took my own eye out with a…
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Hidey-Holes, Ding Dongs, and Questionable Storage Decisions
I’ve started purging the house, which is how I ended up staring at a pile of binoculars, Ding Dongs, and…
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Grief, Money, and the Things People Say After Someone Dies
When someone dies, people prepare you for the grief. They warn you about the quiet house, the empty side of…