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Moving Musing
We’ve moved a bit in the last 8 years from our dream house to my mom’s house and then to what turned out to be a transitional house, and from a vacation condo to what we thought was our retirement home. What those moves have in common was their proximity…
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The Boxcar Children
As a kid, I was a voracious reader and some books caught my fancy in ways that made me reach for them again and again. I can think of two, in particular, this sunny morning—The Boxcar Children and a fairly unknown book called, The Holiday Shop. The Boxcar Children is…
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Hosting versus Guesting
So, I struggle to be a guest. I am so accustomed to being a host that when the situation is reversed, I find myself in flight mode. Having someone else do for me is incredibly challenging. I guess that sounds weird. Well, I am weird. That is a well known…
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Family—logical or biological
I’m an only child of an only child, married to an only child, and not very close to much of my recently deceased, and long estranged, father’s family. It makes holidays different. You’ve got to make your own family! For 51 years, our family home on the Jersey Shore, where…
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Blooming—ton
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.”—Lady Bird Johnson I don’t really go around quoting Lady Bird Johnson, but I do think of her every time I pass those huge swaths of wildflowers along the Garden State Parkway or other roads. I know her love of flowers lives on through those…
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The truth and nothing but…
I have always prided myself on being transparent, honest, and frank in my writing. I might not always achieve those three qualities in person, but that has far more to do with hating conflict than embracing dishonesty. In the past couple of days, I have had to sit down with…
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Crossroads and changes and choices! Oh my!
A few days ago, as I walked along the beach, I found myself continually looking backwards. I wasn’t being followed or pursued by some nefarious individual. I was being closely trailed by my past. Honestly, I felt like my mom should be shelling right behind me and maybe she was.…
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Excuse me, but your life’s showing…
I love connections. The universe is continually blowing my mind with this stuff, and, little ol’ Debby never sees it coming. We’ve spent the last few weeks, on and off, at our home on Sanibel Island. Obviously, this is a place recovering, rebuilding, and reawakening post 2022’s Hurricane Ian. Our…
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Let’s have a quickie.
Shame on you and your dirty mind! Now that I’ve got your attention, I thought I’d share a recipe with you that I made for a friend yesterday. I simply adore quiche. My mom made it a lot, and I also have a distinct memory of being at someone’s house…
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Grace. Give yourself some.
I hope what I’m going to say today resonates or helps in some way. I paid a decent amount of money in therapy and spent a lot of sleepless nights to get to this place, so I feel like if you can benefit from it, you should! I’m all about…
Debby Does... 