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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

When Writing Feels Like Too Much
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When Writing Feels Like Too Much

July 1, 2019 Crankygiraffe4 Comments

A bus travelling on the straight, divided road towards somewhere. The sun, red behind the clouds as it approaches the horizon, all but stealing glances at the bus that is taking me away from somewhere. Somewhere could be nowhere and everywhere all at once; because on this rocky ride, I don’t really belong to either… Continue reading When Writing Feels Like Too Much

Thirty Days of Gratitude – #18 – Happiness
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Thirty Days of Gratitude – #18 – Happiness

April 15, 2019 Crankygiraffe2 Comments

My mom bought this cactus for me almost four years ago. It has not grown at all in the entire time I've owned it. In fact, it has almost died a few times, and I've even lost one piece of it because it got overwatered and the roots rotted. This "happiness" cactus, called a Euphorbia… Continue reading Thirty Days of Gratitude – #18 – Happiness

Medical School

Rekindled Excitement in the Future

January 27, 2014May 30, 2014 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams ~Eleanor Roosevelt I just finished reading a book that has rekindled my excitement for practicing medicine.  After spending the past 4 years in medical school, I have become somewhat exhausted and skeptical.  I find it difficult to remain motivated to study and… Continue reading Rekindled Excitement in the Future

Emotional Baggage · Relationships

Two Women

July 8, 2013February 3, 2014 CrankygiraffeLeave a comment

There were two women at the park that day. I love them both, but in different ways. One was there with me and the other only saw me later. I think about one all the time, and the other, well I think about her too. One has made me who I am today and the… Continue reading Two Women

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Yesterday, after my Alter Ego, Cranky Giraffe, posted about my son’s crazy little love letter to his newest idol, Lady Gaga, an old old blogging friend tweeted it, with an idea that maybe he could meet her!  I know the likelihood of it being re-tweeted by anyone other than myself is pretty low… But who […]

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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