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    Think A Little

    … on a delayed gift, acorn to oak

    There’s a baby oak tree in the potting room sink. Five years ago, on an August afternoon in North Carolina, I sat with JoHn... Read More

    Tags: family, empty nest, college graduation, parenting, just ponderin', Elon University, class of 2020, class of 2020 plus one, covid college graduation, rites of passage

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    Cry A Little

    … on the who outside the bathroom door

    Late this morning, I was in the bathroom with, I’m ashamed to say, my phone, when I saw the screen light up with a... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', adult children, maine blogger, mothers and daughters, lisa dingle, mothers and sons

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    Cry A Little

    … on life marching

    The truck is all packed. The last load of his clothes – mostly of which he brought down from his bedroom floor (yesterday) –... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', kids leaving home, adulting, mom-ing

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    Cry A Little

    … on the last first day

    It’s quiet. No quieter than it is when you went to practice yesterday Or out to the local rib joint with your friends last... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, family, kids, poem, poetry, parenting, senior year high school

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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