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From the monthly archives:
As a little girl, a favorite chore of mine was erasing and washing the chalkboards at the end of each school week. With a big bucket of cold water and a fat sponge, I could wash away all the math problems, diagrammed sentences, drawn-out music scores, lists of spelling words… On Fridays the green slate [...]
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Do you ever get me time? Do you ever set aside a calendar day just to become more of who you are? When I know I have a day with no outside appointments scheduled, nothing looming that screams for my attention — that’s a day I covet and treasure and protect. I can dress in [...]
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Seems like August never happened. I know it must have — I had a birthday. At the end of July I collected a blue ribbon and my paintings that didn’t sell from one art show, and hustled them to another town a few miles east of me for a month-long exhibit. In September I moved [...]
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If I compare myself to others, I will always fall short — simply because I know my own weaknesses and have lived through my failures. I don’t see yours. You show me only your best. How can I ever expect my weaknesses to compete with your strengths? In an article at the Empty Easel called [...]
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