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"I feel like I have too many balls in the air, but I can't set any of them down." A friend told me this recently, in gulping breaths, as we jogged side-by-side on treadmills at the gym. My stomach immediately dropped with the memory of feeling that same way just a couple of years ago. Many …

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Fixating on how fast you can run or how much you can produce is like paying 60 dollars for a lifetime of mouth-watering barbecue samples. It's all well and good until you find two week's worth of chicken thighs on your front porch. ...Or a decade's worth of deteriorating relationships, mounting …

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"Gladys?" I asked as I unlocked her door and stepped inside her dim apartment. "I'm in bed!" she called. I walked down the hall and turned the corner to see my 85-year-old neighbor roll her eyes in the direction of her legs, saying: "I can't get out. The paramedics will be here soon. Will you …

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I shuttled laundry from one room to another, the theme song of Strawberry Shortcake playing in the background. ♪ Life is sweet, life is good  ♪ Life is anything you want...  ♪ Just believe what I say...  ♪ It's a beautiful day  "Life is anything you …

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I sit with feet stretched out in front of me, bark chips in my sandals and the sound of playful children in my ears. It's been twenty minutes since school got out, and already it's only my three kids and a few others left on the playground. When a public park sits right in between your elementary …

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