Category: Mind, Body, Spirit
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The Goldilocks Express
Ding! The Spark app flashes a new offer. It’s an Express Shop with a delivery address about ten miles away. I quickly scan the shopping list, checking my “Hard No” criteria. My eyes dart down the screen: I glance at my watch. The time needed to complete this shop fits perfectly into my morning strategy.…
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From Burnout to Spark
Today’s Almost Daily Dispatch comes to you from a Walmart parking lot in the Pacific Northwest. A Walmart parking lot, you ask? Behold: your friendly, neighborhood Walmart Spark Delivery Driver. Even a semi-retired, fifty-something, recovering burnout needs to make some scratch. Let’s be real: Momma needs her Botox money. I wanted to return to the…
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IBS – Getting my shit straight, literally and figuratively
The aforementioned ambulance ride from a McDonald’s restroom in Belfair to the ER in Silverdale culminated in a very unyielding, very humbling diagnosis: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). An IBS flare is one of the most leveling experiences a person can endure. The intestinal pain can send you to your knees. As someone who has gone…
Joy On A Journey 