Category Archives: learning
What My 20s Taught Me: I Was Made This Way
You know those people who’ve known what they wanted to do since they were kids? Are you one of those people? A doctor, a lawyer, a teacher? I envy those people. When I was a kid, I wanted to be … Continue reading
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What My 20s Taught Me: Being the Best is the Worst
If you know me in real life, or if you’ve been reading Great Smitten for a while, you may know that in addition to all my other creative pursuits, I’m also a bit of a singer. Not just your average … Continue reading
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What My 20s Taught Me: I’m So Hot Right Now
I’m going to show you a few photos of myself, and I’d like you to take a guess as to what they have in common. Ready? Here we go: … Okie dokie, any thoughts? Anyone? Alright, I’ll tell you. At … Continue reading
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What My 20s Taught Me: Everyone is Faking It
When I worked as a magazine editor, I had a great friendship with our publisher. Her name was (and still is, actually) Brenda. She was in her mid-40s and one of those women who just oozes confidence. She had a … Continue reading
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Messy/Beautiful
I’ve fallen into that trap we’ve all fallen into, of trawling the internet, clicking links from blog to blog to blog, seeing all these lives – these beautiful women in beautiful clothes living in beautiful houses somehow un-ruined by their … Continue reading
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Mommy Bloggers aren’t so bad.
You may recall how, a few months ago, I was all, “I don’t want to become a Mommy Blogger! Wah!” That was before I met my son. And before I figured out that you can love a child with all … Continue reading
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To know unfailing love
I learned something important this week. There have been times throughout my life when people have hurt me. Purposely or not, my heart has been wounded by the words and actions of people I trusted to love me and to … Continue reading
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Learning to be young again
I spent a few hours last week with a 10-year-old named Molly. When I left, my hair looked like this: In case you can’t get a good look, those are pink streaks, courtesy of Molly’s Hannah Montana hair pens. (Yes, … Continue reading
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Okthankyou
I’ve been getting a lot of advice from all kinds of sources lately. There’s something about pregnancy, and childbirth, and child-rearing, for that matter, that opens up the door for input from everyone from mothers-in-law to friends to random strangers … Continue reading
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I’m not fat.
19 weeks this Friday. Baby Dwight is about 6 inches long. That’s not including legs which, if its parents are anything to go by, are probably at least a foot long themselves. For weeks I haven’t been able to believe … Continue reading
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