October 27th, 2011

Things That Changed Her Life…{part 9}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine. You can read about the rest here.

We were laying down, watching a documentary about CrossFit, happily tired and comfortable after a morning of massages and delicious soup and views of Lake

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September 7th, 2011

Things That Changed Her Life…{part 8}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine. You can read about the rest here.

Elizabeth and I were at Home Depot, buying soil testing kits, when I noticed a small boy walking around with a man. He whispered

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June 7th, 2011

Things That Changed Her Life…{part 7}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

We went for a walk after dinner because the weather was perfect and I’d had a long day.

The leaves were golden as the sun was starting to

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June 15th, 2010

Things That Changed Her Life…{part 6}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

I remember how cold she was when we first met, barely shaking my hand.  I was told I’d be shadowing her as I learned to teach the life skills class she’d once taught at the art center

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May 5th, 2010

Things that changed her life…{part 5}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

We met at work.  I was barely 22, freshly divorced, living on my own for the first time, going out way too often, confused and sad and scared of the choices I’d made.  One Friday afternoon,

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March 9th, 2010

Things that changed her life…{part 4}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

The past year and a half had crushed me.  In a span of twelve months, I watched as everything came crashing down: my marriage, my job, my financial stability, my newest relationship which absolutely blindsided me with it’s

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February 2nd, 2010

Things that changed her life…{part 3}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

{Okay, so it’s a weekend.  Whatevs.}

It is October, and I haven’t flown in the three years since September 11th.  I am desperate to escape my life, because it’s feeling like I may never be able to

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January 22nd, 2010

Things that changed her life…{part 2}

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

I wasn’t unhappy, per se, but I was lonely.  It was a cold night in late fall, and I was sick of being cooped up in my tiny studio apartment, as pink-and-red and adorable as it was.  I

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January 2nd, 2010

Things that changed her life…

There are some moments that change your game, your view, your life.  They start out normally, but well, they never quite end that way, do they?  This is one of mine.

It was snowy and I was colder than I’d ever been as we drove home, across the Midwestern flatlands, from ringing in the new year.  We’d been among near-strangers, and shared the sort of evening that felt as if

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