Well, Shucks

All the years I spent in Ohio eating sweet corn and I never knew about the process of detasseling. Detasseling is removing the pollen-producing flowers from the tops of the corn plants and placing them on the ground. The work is sometimes done by hand in the hot summer sun and allows for hybridizing...

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One Thing After Another

Just when things are going well something happens. You kick yourself and say if I had just done this two minutes earlier none of this would have happened. But you can’t avoid the calamities of life forever. No matter how thoughtful or prepared you may be. Sometimes all you can do is take a...

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The Line

For me the line was when I stopped showing up for my family. Sure you could argue that I did a bad job setting boundaries with work and there were definitely things I could have done better. But environment matters. You can accomplish amazing things in a pressure cooker but it’s not sustainable and...

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Other Mommy

My mom used to say that having kids was the greatest accomplishment of her life. I was a young adult when she said this to me. But it wasn’t until I had children of my own that I really understood. I’ve done some cool things in my life. Pushed my limits and pursued my...

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Nothing Is Stopping You

We have several thousand thoughts a day. Surely one of them can make it to the page. It’s absurd if you think about it. The amount we censor ourselves. Of course not everything we think should be written down. Sometimes there is joy in simply letting thoughts drift into and out if our minds....

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Power

“You make every space more beautiful.” My mom said to this me when I was a teenager. It has stuck with me since. She could say the most incredible things. Filled with such love and wonder and admiration. She used to tell me “I don’t know where you got your x,y,z from.” And I’d...

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Luv Dad

Dad throughout my life – “You know what I like about you?” Me – “What?” Dad – “Everything.” Me any time my Dad left the house – “Dad, where are you going?” Dad – “Crazy.” Any time I ever called home in my life – “Hi Dad.” “Who is this?” You were a great...

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