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  • When You Get Left Behind With the Jackass

    • October 5, 2017
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    Ok, let’s call it a donkey. And it was in a dream so it wasn’t real anyway. Dreams tend to be highly personal, but I recently had one that I…

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    Reflections on Turning 40: Shaking Off the Dust of the Last Decade

    • August 5, 2017
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    • The Widow Life
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    As I write this, I am midway through my final day as a thirty-something. Tomorrow, I turn 40 and part of me wants to complain about getting old. But I…

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    Until Every Little Piece of You is Gone

    • July 28, 2017
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    Note: Amazon links on this site are affiliate links.   After my dad died unexpectedly, I distinctly remember sitting with my mom between visitations as she shoved his clothes into…

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    The Privilege of Parenting an 18-Year Old

    • July 10, 2017
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    • The Widow Life
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    We’ve been a bit off-topic here lately. However, with my daughter’s graduation from high school this spring, my mind has been elsewhere. More specifically, it’s been thinking about how unexpectedly…

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    Here’s to Being Average and Getting the Job Done

    • June 6, 2017
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    My daughter graduated from high school a few weeks ago. She’s my oldest, and it’s the first time we’ve been through all the pomp and circumstance. The day before graduation,…

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    What I’ve Learned in Four Years as a Widow

    • May 31, 2017
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    • The Widow Life
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    Here we are. We come to this place every year. An anniversary. There are plenty of anniversaries to be had – job anniversaries, wedding anniversaries, home-buying anniversaries – but this…

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    Surround Yourself with Good People (And Where to Find Them)

    • May 13, 2017
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    I had yesterday planned with precision. There would be a Senior Mass and luncheon for my oldest daughter. Muffins with Mom with my youngest son. Then some quick shopping, packing…

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Maryalene LaPonsie

In a former life, I was a legislative staffer. Now, I am a personal finance writer, mother of five and keeper of memories for my late husband.




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