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Many of you may have missed Tropicana’s, ahem, genius recent marketing campaign with Gabrielle Union – the ad I saw – as well as apparently Molly Sims and Jerry O’Connell – as it was only around for a few days on Instagram for good reason – but my initial post about it was already underway… Read more
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Sobriety isn’t an anchor; it’s a pair of wings. Today is my three year sober-versary. And I am so grateful. On most significant dates, I have written really long pretty posts – but I have to confess that tonight I am just bone tired. I have just decreased my prednisone again – I am working… Read more
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I’m writing a little bit late because yesterday turned into some sort of insanely sick day for me unexpectedly – I have some cold symptoms but am otherwise okay now. Yesterday was a big BIG day in my world: my 1000 Days Sober. I’ve written often about all the wonderful things putting down wine… Read more
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As you all know, I’m writing a book about death, and, in doing some research this weekend, it lead me down a rabbit hole of sorts with arguably my favorite actor of all time, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. First, I watched this devastating documentary: It is such a painful reminder of his loss. Even more heartbreaking,… Read more
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800 days. I’m writing to you with what I’m convinced is plague. Well, not really. Just a summer cold I woke up with, likely picked up from our adventuring somewhere over the past several days. Still, when everything, including my face, is sort of throbbing, plague it is in my book. 😉 But I’m pretty… Read more
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Y’all, it seems that my Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is trying to flare in a bizarre sort of way right now. I’ve written about it before but CRPS is sort of a medical anomaly anyway and it is new to me as well as I just developed it at the end of last year… Read more
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Shortly after midnight last night, this popped up on my phone: Going alcohol free is still absolutely one of the best decisions I have ever made. My second year of sobriety has been a been a beautiful one for sure, with adventures great and small. I’ve been on some wonderful road trips: And… Read more
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This wasn’t today’s original post. Today was already mostly ready and planned out. But sometimes the message keeps coming through that there is something else more pressing I need to write about (more on that in a bit) – so I will. This was my Monday. I know I always say I am grateful –… Read more
