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    The Re-Invented Self

    I’m writing this blog because I’m hoping to help myself as well as others. Together, I hope we can: Figure out who we want to be when we grow up. I’ve never thought my identity was set in stone. I always thought reinventing myself was fun, not frightening. As long as I can choose who I’m going to become, it’s all good, right? I am whoever I say I am. Right?? Well….just the other day, we took my son to his college orientation program. Everything was great until one of the student leaders thought I was my son’s grandmother, not his mother!  That was a blow. I’d talked myself into believing…

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    Cake and Grit

    So I’ve been on a low calorie diet for 2 months now, and I’m happy to say I’ve lost 15 pounds. I tried to take an updated photo, but the difference doesn’t really show. Maybe it’s just that I’ve still got a long way to go. And it hasn’t been easy, let me tell you. The moment I declared my intention to lose weight, my calendar began bursting with Memorial Day cookouts, graduation parties, and other occasions where people felt free to ask “Is that all you’re having?” Yes, those carrot sticks are all I’m having. No, I wouldn’t like a piece of cake. In the meantime, I’ve been reading…

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