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Why I Decided It’s Okay to Lose Weight
1November 3, 2021 by Julia
Wanting to lose weight didn’t have to be a moral issue, or bad for my mental health, or bad for my physical health, or a political statement, or a judgment on bodies heavier than mine. It could just be an adjustment I make for myself. That’s it. No more, no less.
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Stepping Out of the Outrage Cycle
Leave a commentAugust 24, 2021 by Julia
We need to believe that goodness exists, and that we all have access to it, even in this broken world, against all odds.
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On Being a Forty-Two-Year-Old Mom When ‘Mom Jeans’ Become Ironically Cool to the Next Generation
Leave a commentApril 30, 2021 by Julia
Being a mom to a thirteen-year-old girl is possibly the greatest challenge to your self-esteem since you were actually thirteen. …
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Clouds Breaking
Leave a commentMarch 26, 2021 by Julia
A few weeks ago, I joined some online depression support groups on Facebook, out of a desire to spread out …
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Just Your Typical Pandemic Mid-Life Crisis
2January 30, 2021 by Julia
My writing during the pandemic has been like trying to walk against a rushing river, carving out time for something …
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It’s All Good
Leave a commentDecember 31, 2020 by Julia
We’ve taken three short trips since the pandemic started. They were all within a three hour drive from home, and …
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Fixing Christmas
Leave a commentDecember 6, 2020 by Julia
Every year, I try to fix Christmas. I start to think it can be done by downsizing the number of …
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Discouragement, you sneaky bastard.
Leave a commentNovember 25, 2020 by Julia
I don’t really have a connecting theme or topic right now. My fourth grader’s homeschooling curriculum instructs him to start …
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Making Reality Real Again
Leave a commentNovember 11, 2020 by Julia
Those speeches from Harris and Biden were good enough to restore some hope, maybe even make me feel, dare I …
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How to Get Through It
Leave a commentNovember 5, 2020 by Julia
As I write this, we still don’t know if Biden or Trump will be elected president, and it’s been about …
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The Joy Underneath
Repeatedly discovering how to live, love, and write well.
The Joy Underneath 