Category: Musings
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Slice of life
In the craziness of the morning rush, I paused on my way upstairs to see this. Siblings playing with empty plastic cups and taking obvious pleasure in just being with each other. I stop to take a picture before I get lost in the sameness of routine. As I take a break for lunch, I…
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Why does it matter to you?
Back at home after a particularly long day at work, I bathed the girls in turn. As I was drying Kay, I heard a stranger’s voice from the kitchen below. It turned out to be the handy man who was in to replace our leaky kitchen sink faucet. “She doesn’t look anything like you!” the…
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Off to catch the rainbow
Rushing around to get the girls and us out the door before the early morning meeting I felt like I had mastered the art of multitasking and delegating. While K left with an arm load of lunch bags and school stuff, I scooped up one of the twins to change and brush her hair. The…
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Watch it – Your thoughts I mean
Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. — Unknown I am not sure when I first chanced upon this quote. Probably in middle school. It lay…
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Life. Well lived!
Driving away from home on a Monday evening leaving behind K and the kutties was immensely freeing. Moving at a leisurely pace on winding roads leading to the nearby Kohls, I enjoyed the solitude. Ah! the things we take for granted I thought. Before the girls I had never really given much thought to how…
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The Outliers
An early morning conversation with my mom has my mental wheels whirring on and off all today. We were talking about a friend who had decided to pursue a rather non traditional career over the run of the mill IT work. My first thought hearing of it was good for him at least he gets…
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Hey mom! How are you?
Rushing back to my seat after a mid day break to visit my dentist, I spied this colleague who joined the company around the same time I did. We never really worked together but were loosely part of the same group. From shy smiles we transitioned to waves and talking about the weather over the…
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Hair today gone tomorrow
In the few hours before bed when it is my habit to aimlessly browse the internet, I was lurking on trans-racial adoption boards to gain insight on how to care for hair unlike my own. Thread after thread dealt with braiding and hair care products for African hair. Fascinated, I read until I was too…
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Stirrings of unrest
Taking a break from the document I was working on, I noticed the instant messenger blink. Coffee? queried the green font. OK! I replied, glad to take a break and ambled along coffee cup in hand to the rather pleasant lunch room our building boasts. Settling in on one of those high bar stools, my…