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“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou *** Today is officially one month of wedded bliss. A lot of friends have asked if it feels different being married. It does, actually. Because although we were committed to… Read more
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“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” – Joan Didion *** In my job as a court reporter, I usually see people on their worst day. A bad custody case. A messy divorce. A family dispute over money. A person being sentenced to prison because they made the bad decision to… Read more
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I’ve had many people reach out to me (both in person and by text) to tell me that they were very moved by our wedding ceremony. I wanted our ceremony to be an intimate display of emotion, faith and love. I will admit that writing my vows took a while. There were so many important… Read more
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Per Google, lightning in a bottle is an expression describing the rare, near-impossible feat of capturing a fleeting powerful or magical moment. *** One of my first memories from childhood is seeing fireflies in the backyard. My family lived on Louise Drive in Latham, New York and I was about 6 years old. It was… Read more
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In 30 days, I will marry the love of my life. We are in the process of writing our own vows and as much as I love writing, I will admit I’m having a tough time putting my feelings to words. Some things are hard to express, plain and simple. Over the last six months,… Read more
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“Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” – Rose Kennedy From the day we are born to the day we die, it’s the moments in between that make up life. But what is a moment, really? Perhaps, the best comparison would be saying it’s like taking that screenshot of something we need to… Read more
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It’s been a very busy couple of months for me. I will finally close on my house next week. It’s been an exhausting and frustrating process, to say the least. But it feels very fitting to close out the year and, thus, that chapter of my life by closing on my house. For the last… Read more
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I realize I haven’t been on here in a minute. Life has been crazier than usual. The part of my brain that houses the writer in me has been closed for business lately. But… I read recently that you don’t really know a person until life tests them. And that really resonated with me. It… Read more
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Last I remember, I was happily swimming in the ocean water. There was a light breeze in the air and multi-colored kites were flying high in the sky above. I could see my carefully picked-out spot on the beach where my umbrella and warm blanket awaited my return. I was unusually aware of the sun’s… Read more
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I remember when I first realized Mike was still Mike, cognitively speaking, that is. It was two days after the stroke. The amazing nurse I’ve talked about, Christine, was asking him the usual set of questions that were necessary to assess the extent of any brain injury. At this point, we were still in the… Read more
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