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May 28, 2020 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.' Then, repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all, 'This too will pass.'~Ann Landers After many weeks of (attempted) working… Continue reading Advice

Old Habits Have A Way
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Old Habits Have A Way

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Crankygiraffe2 Comments

I’ve done something wrong to a person I care about and it is eating me alive inside.  The plus side of this situation is that she likley doesn’t even know I did anything. But I know.  Worst of all, I know that my actions have probably caused irreparable damage to our friendship… And for that,… Continue reading Old Habits Have A Way

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Fellowship Fortune

April 9, 2015 Crankygiraffe8 Comments

When my world first fell apart last year, everyone's way of offering comfort was to say, "These things happen for a reason."  I cannot express with enough emphasis just how much I hate that statement.  There was one person, however, who never made this statement.  Instead, this very wise and respected woman said to me: "I… Continue reading Fellowship Fortune

The Gift I Didn’t Want to Get
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The Gift I Didn’t Want to Get

January 17, 2015 Crankygiraffe13 Comments

When this gift showed up my on doorstep yesterday, I didn't know what to do with it.  I was expecting to get this last Stridebox (out of 6) in December, but it never came.  A 6-month "subscription" to the Stridebox was a graduation/moving gift given to me by K.  I got the first one in… Continue reading The Gift I Didn’t Want to Get

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Day 23: What is Okay?

November 23, 2014November 21, 2014 Crankygiraffe3 Comments

"'It's Okay' is a cosmic truth." ~Richard Bach Almost a year ago now, I was given the best advice and support from K.  I was in the midst of dealing with my residency applications and I was very unsure of what kind of decision to make and what I should consider in making that decision. … Continue reading Day 23: What is Okay?

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It’s Been a Long Time…

“It’s been a long time since I came around Been a long time but I’m back in town And this time I’m not leaving without you” ~Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) I know I haven’t been here blogging for quite a long time (almost a year and a half…), but there was something about blogging that […]

The Common Sense Problem

The airplane seat map shows that the emergency exit row seats are considered “less desirable.” It’s a little ironic since they come with extra leg room, even if they don’t recline (really, who needs to recline 2 inches when you have two extra feet of leg room?). I think the real reason they are less […]

Walking Tall

This month I’m traveling around the country to check out fellowship positions. It is exhausting, trying, lonely, and often confusing. Most of all, I miss my kids. I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how fellowship and moving to one of these places would fit into the current, ideal, little life of […]

Happiness, Please

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth.  We are happy when we are growing. ~John Butler Yeats, 1909 Is there a difference between pleasure and happiness? I had never really thought much about it until today.  My husband sent me an interview by Dr. Robert Lustig, who just […]

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