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Rita Keintz Mullen
My stepmother Rita passed away yesterday. She had her sister by her side during a peaceful transition. Her health had declined rapidly after my Dad moved into a…
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Stretched Thin – Christmas Wishes
“I’m stretched too thin!” I’m pretty sure I’ve been saying this to anyone who would listen, including playing this complaint on internal repeat for the last two months.…
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How to take a mental health day
skip to steps Today my 8 year old son and I took a mental health day. This was at my suggestion after he’d run into a frustration-styled brick…
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Odin’s Bones
It’s funny, I was out for a walk and thinking about Odin’s leg. How the one that was broken is longer than the one that didn’t get injured.…
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Radicalized, Right?!
I’m so tired of liberals being branded “the radical left” whenever mentioned in GOP-friendly media. Afterall, I’m a friggin’ middle class, middle-aged woman who simply wants my gay…
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Mantis
I moved a dead praying mantis offthe bike path to give it a properburial I felt this was important It didn’t -EMM 10/25/2020
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Testimony 2019
This was originally written as testimony to RI state legislature to help pass the Reproductive Health Care Act in RI in 2019l codifying RI’s citizens right to abortion…
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to women who’ve made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness
This is a shout out to all women, like me, who have experienced trauma and made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness. This is a shout out to…
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Praying is the last thing you should do
Now, don’t get all hating on me for this. I believe in the power of prayer. Because of prayer, perhaps some important people in my life are alive.…
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This isn’t allowed anymore
If I hear one more person refer to “the media” as a monolith, I’m going to… to…. Really, we know better than this, don’t we? There is no…
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Spiritual Adulting: Part 1. I’m an American bigot. Ugh.
[new subtitle added in Nov 2024]: searching for one’s dog This morning I looked in the spiritual mirror and realized I was a bigot. Not a blowhard, Nazi…
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Sinking Gifts. Rising Queen
I have been prone to depression, as have many of the women in my family. As are, no doubt, many others who are reading this. I have also…