Category: Life Experiences
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3 Years
Yesterday (October 1) was the 3rd anniversary of Grandma’s death. I had a plan in mind for the last few weeks of what I would do. I was fortunate in that I didn’t have to work. I wasn’t teaching or babysitting. I slept in, ran a couple errands, and went to the cemetery. I had…
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Sad Parts of Family History *Trigger Warning: death, infant death, medical*
If you are not in a mindset where you can handle the sad today then please don’t read this post. I am heart broken over something that happened 70 years ago and I am angry that nothing was done or could have been done to prevent it. When my Grandma Fish was 18 years old…
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Errands with Grandma
A couple weeks ago, when I was on my mini birthday trip, I surprised my Grandma. She had no idea I was coming, because I didn’t want to call her in case it didn’t work out. I showed up at 9:00 a.m. and she had just gotten out of bed. (I was shocked because she…
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Birthday Reflections
Last week it was my birthday. I was feeling reflective. These are some things that I did to make it a wonderful day. I think the biggest thing that made my birthday a good day was there were zero expectations because I was in charge. I did anything I felt like doing and had a…
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Sixth Grade Math – A Substitute Story
A week or two ago I wrote about how happy I am that the seventh graders are innocent and approachable and still very much children. Well… the word that comes to mind for the sixth grade class is “feral”. These kids are HIGH energy. They are chaos. They are… without mercy? Hahaha A slight exaggeration,…
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To My Kindergarten Self
Dear 5 year old Regan, There are some things I wish I could tell you bc it would drastically improve your sense of self worth and self esteem as an adult. – Just because someone who look different from you is celebrated as cute doesn’t mean you are not also cute. – Your baby sister…
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Therapy Lessons
Something new from therapy this month. My “go to” reason for things is often “I don’t want to do _______ bc I hate people.” Or because I don’t like ____ and he will be there. It boils down to me not wanting to be around certain people. While those reasons might be true, it’s not…
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Joining the Cult
Over 10 years ago my beat friend took me to a rodeo and it has been good times ever since. Now she is featured in Kansas! Magazine as a rodeo photographer and enthusiast! So proud.
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Childish Authenticity
When I was in fifth grade I had to write a report. I wanted it to be authentic like a real book, so I added extra pages to the front and back. I thought because novels have a blank page or two in the front before the title page it would impress my teacher and…
Redheaded Jill 