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It’s Time To Start

Something is always going to be in the way.

Stop waiting for it to be perfect.

I know it’s tempting. In your head, it totally makes sense.

In fact, it might even seem to be the more efficient path.

Who do you think you are?

I remember parents saying that to me, and other girls, growing up when we stepped “out of line” or “smarted off.”

Why?

Why do we need to eat three meals per day?

Why do we work from 9–5?

How My Life Changed

by Iris L. Kitching

Losing the ones you love to dementia

My mom has dementia. Her father had dementia. Her grandmother had dementia. Dementia is a thief…

Go ’till you get it right

Life lessons can be extracted from the most mundane everyday occurrences. Even a roller skating rink that smells like a bundle of hot, sweaty, funky feet.

Success Got Complicated, Then It Got Simple

It’s complicated, but it’s simple. My definition of success has changed. But it…

A Shoulder When It Was Needed

by Iris L. Kitching