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Overcoming Pain and Wrong, My Way
When my mom passed away in 2009, I became even more obsessed with hockey than I normally would be. I read the official rules books of the ECHL, AHL, and NHL when I couldn’t sleep at night and when my thoughts turned…
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Life Never Goes As One Plans
I found that out the hard way in December of 2009 when my mother passed away. I had visions of her seeing me eventually get married one day and maybe holding a grandchild I may have had. My life took another unexpected…
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Smart Packing
I am leaving for Montego Bay on Thursday morning and returning on Sun night. Packing for me is easy and I sometimes over pack, but on my last huge excursion, which was to Australia, I learned how to pack everything I needed…
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10 Things I’m Loving About the Charlotte Checkers
Normally, I would post this on my hockey blog, but I merged all of my writing personalities into one. It just seemed to make sense to me. Why split my writing personalities up? Why not just be me? So here is me,…
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Songs of My Life: October 2012
Speechless by Morning Parade I was very fortunate to see this band not once but twice in one day. Acoustic & plugged in. Not only are they one of the nicest bands you will ever meet, they are superb live and funny.…
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Rebooting My Life in 26 Days
So I wrote in Beast Mode Updates that I needed to make some life changes, rethink myself going vegetarian/pescatarian, and find a way to work out that makes me want to work versus me having that forced feeling of working out. So today,…
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Thrift Store by Maclemore and Ryan Lewis
I love, love, love this song. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes]
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The Reasons We Are Blessed
Over the weekend, I spent a wonderful day with my oldest niece, Riley. She is one of the brightest stars in my night sky. There is nothing I would not do for her or my youngest niece, Taylor (another bright star in…