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Resolve

July 21, 2015 Crankygiraffe5 Comments

How did the meaning of "resolve" come to be? A firm determination to do something Two days of wanting to stay hiding in my bed. Two days of getting into my scrubs and roaming the halls, beeping my chin up from the ground. Two days of averted eyes, and half-fake smiles, and "how are you… Continue reading Resolve

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

Curse You Nutman!
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Curse You Nutman!

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Crankygiraffe6 Comments

What do you do when your mind is consumed with thoughts of soft, sweet, chocolatey, delicious carbohydrate snacks all morning?  Especially when those are the exact kinds of snacks you swore to eat less of in the New Year, and that you purposely did not pack in your lunch for the day?  Well, you do… Continue reading Curse You Nutman!

The Nest
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The Nest

August 22, 2014 Crankygiraffe6 Comments

My hospital has a bird's nest.  It's not a real bird's nest, but a piece of art.  Every day I walk along a row of windows that allow me to see the bird's nest from many different angles.  On the days when I am walking outside (usually from emergency in the main building back to… Continue reading The Nest

My First Love
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My First Love

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 Crankygiraffe2 Comments

When I was 16, I fell in love with a Tree. She was tall, strong, full, stark, old, and beautiful. I sat beneath her canopy while I studied, and she waited for me everyday. I leaned against her rough, strong trunk for support and she never leaned away. I felt her knobbly, crooked roots transform… Continue reading My First Love

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Blogger Friends Got Ideas!

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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