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New Year, New Me but Same Ol’ Place
I can’t believe that it has been two years since I last posted a blog. The good thing about a new year is the symbolism of starting fresh, so here’s to 2024. Here is to my triumphant return to my…
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Auld Lang Syne (New Year Song)
Happy New Year! I am extremely excited for the start of 2022. While 2021 was not a terrible year for me, it also was not the best. I did not feel motivated to do much. If being in a rut…
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Beautiful Community
Sometimes you do not know how much you need your soul to be filled until it is. This week I have been participating in the NCORE conference. This afternoon I attended the “I Believe I’ll Run On To See What…
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Nature Therapy Pt. 2
As I addressed in Nature Therapy Pt. 1, I went on a hike Sunday morning where I was reflecting on where I am at in my life. I could hear water rushing from the falls, birds singing, other hikers as…
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Nature Therapy Pt. 1
I started my week hiking at Silver Falls State Park. The sun was out and the weather was perfect and I was excited to be there since it had been a while since my last visit. I forgot to download…
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Phenomenal by Nature
Twenty-seven years ago I made one of the best decisions of my life, I founded Delta Tau Lambda Sorority, Inc. alongside my phenomenal co-founder, Maria “Vicky” Ramos at the University of Michigan. We had talked about it the year prior…
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Little Things Mean A Lot
I found this leaf so beautiful. It fell in such a way that it was lodged between two floorboards on my balcony. We had some beautiful, sun shining days in Oregon, for a change, and there she was every morning.…
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Letting Myself Be Excited
I applied for a job I am excited about. I have been thinking about my career and my next step for a while. As I often do when things come up in my life, I told my parents. My dad,…
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Honesty as an Excuse
I am in a group of singles with terminal degrees or currently pursuing doctorates. It is nice to be in a group of single people who have had similar educational experiences as me. I completed my PhD in Educational Management…
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When You Are Single Single
When you are single single you do what you have to in order to take care of things as they come up. Nowadays the second single matters. 😉 Being a single woman, you have to be resourceful and that is…