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Why Bother Not Carrying Your Fears?

Why Bother Not Carrying Your Fears? Once again I met with the women who like me, want to hike and backpack this summer. This time, we met at Cass’s house, so she could show us her gear and maybe, weather permitting, watch her set up her campsite. Arriving at her house in the cold rain,…
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Family

Why Bother Thinking About The Other Fifty Percent?

  Why Bother Thinking About The Other Fifty Percent? Recently, while at the grocery store, I was reminded of my earlier days of marriage. As the familiar female clerk, whose age I gauged to be mid thirties, waited for me to write out my check, she conversed with a man who’d come and stood next…
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Family

Why Bother Thinking About The Male Perspective?

Why Bother Thinking About The Male Perspective? One of my students favorite events at school are the student-led conferences. It is the only time the child gets to show their parents just how their day is spent at day.  This last week, my students prepared for these meetings. On Monday they made lists of what…
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Relationships

Why Bother Thinking About Courage?

Why Bother Thinking About Courage? Recently, I met a new group of women for coffee. Like me, they are all interested in hiking and taking backpacking excursions. Cass, the one woman I did know, had organized the meeting so that we could become acquainted with each other and plan some hikes.   Something You Think Others…
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