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Merry-(Christmas)-Go-Round
Remember when you were a little kid and would ride on a playground merry-go-round? It would get going at a dizzying speed and you could...
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maggiehsmith07
Nov 7, 20216 min read
Messy Gus Flea-ing
Growing up, I would carry cups and glasses of assorted beverages into my bedroom. I can’t recall what the beverages were but I know they...
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maggiehsmith07
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Aging Like Michael Myers
I am a consistently slow runner. I’ve made peace with this - I don’t mind being at the back of a pack of runners, running solo, in my...
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maggiehsmith07
Oct 27, 20214 min read
Let Go
Back in January, I booked an October weekend at the Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, North Carolina. At the time I made the...
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maggiehsmith07
Oct 17, 20214 min read
It's Already Gone
I haven’t written in a long while. Not because there’s nothing to say but because I’ve been busy trying things out in Richmond and...
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maggiehsmith07
Jul 24, 20213 min read
The Rat-ure
I generously shared my cold with Andrea at the beginning of vacation. A purely tactical move that forces us both to take it easy....
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maggiehsmith07
Jul 17, 20212 min read
Fort Useless
On Wednesday of this week, I end the day sneezing and with a sore throat. On Thursday, I have a cold. By Friday, I sign off of work...
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maggiehsmith07
Jul 5, 20213 min read
Brutiful
June was a brutiful month. It was as if we had many plates spinning high atop long poles and we focus on one spinning plate only to dash...
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maggiehsmith07
Jun 13, 20216 min read
A Frog Strangler
Being dumb can be costly. I know this from my own experience. I’m sharing it with you so maybe you can be smarter. Although - I think...
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maggiehsmith07
Jun 11, 20213 min read
Grit, Tenacity & Sheer Force of Will
We’ve reached the point in the move where my body aches, I cannot store one more detail in my head and when the buyers make a seemingly...
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maggiehsmith07
May 30, 20213 min read
Didn't You Just Move?
If it feels like we just moved, it’s because we did. And yet we’re preparing to do it one more time. Moving is exhausting and expensive....
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maggiehsmith07
May 16, 20214 min read
"It's a Pandemic. We're All in Misery."
In October of 2019, Andrea and I announced that we would be moving to Virginia. A friend of mine, whom I have yet to meet in real life as...
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maggiehsmith07
May 7, 20215 min read
Courage to Change the Things I Can
On Monday of this week, I texted my mom and asked when we’d moved to Centralia, Illinois. Was it 1979? 1980? She called me and we agreed...
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maggiehsmith07
Apr 27, 20213 min read
Spiders
On Saturday, I felt an annoying bump on my stomach and assumed it was a zit. Then it got bigger and bigger. So on Sunday, I went to...
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maggiehsmith07
Apr 18, 20214 min read
Keep Choosing the Pain Over the Relief
I’ve written a surprising amount of blog posts in airports or on planes. I think it’s because I’m usually early - like I was on Tuesday...
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maggiehsmith07
Apr 12, 20213 min read
So Long Old Pal
I traveled to Illinois to spend some time with my mom. I thought April would be a good time to visit but it was cold, windy, and cloudy...
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maggiehsmith07
Apr 8, 20214 min read
Lived Well
This morning I woke up at 3 AM to catch an early flight out of Charlottesville, VA. I couldn’t fall asleep last night because I’d...
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maggiehsmith07
Apr 3, 20213 min read
Beneath the Surface
“No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never...
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maggiehsmith07
Feb 27, 20214 min read
Minister of Loneliness
Recently, I flew to Boston. It was a gray day so I didn’t bother to lift the window shade until the plane was touching down. When I...
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maggiehsmith07
Jan 30, 20214 min read
Kennedy Care: WWKD?
The Virginia forecast, for where I live and for Richmond, call for snow this Sunday. Not a lot by my assessment but locals predict the...
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