Posted by Lapster

The warm tangle fight
The smile that has been gone but returns soon
Cartoons on an Ipod
My health
The Amish, for speaking of forgiveness in the face of grief so that the whole world can see how to gracefully deal with the urge toward vengance

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Sometimes I believe that if something is popular it is obviously crap. I know that it is counterproductive – my reasoning doesn’t make sense even to me, but from my little pedestal so high above the world I judge things. For example, last season when everyone loved Desperate Housewives – I wasn’t into [...]

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I believe if I were more cool I could actually use this, that is if I were enrolled in grad school, working part time as a bike messenger and totally plugged in digitally. Unfortunately I’m temping at a grade school and plugged into a never ending chest cold.
However, I still allow myself to dream the [...]

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The ability to say No. The privilege to say yes.
Beauty in a size 2, 12, or 22.
Celebration of my femininity and my humanity. Neither being mutually exclusive.
I love looking down through the glass ceiling.
To be me. To be enough.

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Posted by Lapster

My car that has 232,000 miles on it. I’m still amazed at how well it runs.
Peter Dewey for selling me his old black Honda, that now has 232,000 miles on it
The beautiful clouds on my commute this morning to the Northwest School
The Northwest School, for allowing me to learn about teaching and appreciating [...]

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Posted by vtgirl

Cats who come to the door to meet you in the morning.
A dinner that includes so many family lawn furniture is needed in the kitchen.
A late night drink at a bar with hundreds of Martinis (I had a cherry cosmo, my sister had a Midnight Sunrise, and her boyfriend had a Coconut Pinapple [...]

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Hey, when was the last time that your mayor decided to turn off all the street lamps (yahoo news link) in your town so that you could see the stars better? If this is the result of being isolated from the rest of the world then let’s all pretend we live on an island somewhere [...]

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Posted by Lapster

I am grateful for my health, even when I’ve had a cough for a month
Generous donations
For my dream life (when I can remember it)
For my creative life (when I have the opportunity to explore it)
For free bar-b-ques (I have seen in our neighborhood no less that 8 free grills over the past few [...]

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posted by vtgirl

Coming downstairs at a friends house and I am handed a cup of fresh coffee.  Then I hear the words I love — “hey, there is french toast in the kitchen if you’re hungry.”
We may be adults now, but we still love the group nap.
Seeing love work out. Gives me hope for [...]

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