By megret | December 17, 2009 at 7:11 am | One comment
In case you've been wondering,I haven't abandoned The Real Me Challenge. I have been planning and brainstorming the future posts to go in it, with plans to publish them after the Christmas holidays. Any I post before then will be a bit, well, lighter.
And here is the...
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By megret | November 5, 2009 at 9:15 pm | One comment
When they say your wedding day will be a blur, they weren't kidding. Yet what I didn't hear as much about is how the birth of your first child (and the two to three subsequent days thereafter) would be just as much of a blur.
While still in the hospital, I experienced an...
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By megret | October 30, 2009 at 12:10 pm | One comment
People like me....the type-A, love to plan sort....can be idealistic about things in life. Though I'm a staunch realist in so many areas, in regards to things I plan for and strive for personally, I set high goals and see no reason why those goals can't (and shouldn't) be...
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By megret | October 28, 2009 at 7:30 am | No comments
The sure certainty of pregnancy in the spring of 2003 (that actually wasn't) set us both to thinking. Maybe it was time. Maybe we were ready. Not financially (who really is?)....but in all other areas, we felt ready. Babyhood was now on our agenda.
And I say "agenda"...
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By megret | October 22, 2009 at 9:08 pm | No comments
And you'd think that, upon letting go of my own stubborn pursuits in my life, all would fall right into place and a fairy tale set of circumstances would magically begin to happen.
Not exactly so.
Learning to let go of my own self's desires was just the tip of the...
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