January 13 : Mrs. Gross

January 13, 2011

I’m not the best at networking. At events, I feel like the band geek lugging my trombone onto the football field.  I attended an entrepreneur conference for women today and I knew I’d have to be talking to some very successful women who brought their A game. I have a cold.  I’m not feeling very [...]

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January 12 : Neats

January 12, 2011

I come from a long line of durable women. The leader of the pack is Anita aka Auntie Neats.  This women is the definition of strength.  I can’t recall a time when she didn’t have her own personal viewpoint about something.  Anything.  Salt even. As a girl, my weekends were spent in her kitchen.  She [...]

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January 10 & 11 : nobody special

January 11, 2011

The winter flu caught me this week.  In addition to not being able to keep my head upright, I found it impossible to carry on a conversation with anyone.  So, I am ten days in to 365 days and I have nothing to offer.  I could share all the conversations that happen in  my head, [...]

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January 9 : Lauri

January 9, 2011

If it’s Sunday and there’s an open bottle of champagne, I’m with Lauri.  God fearing, mother of two, loving human: Lauri. Lauri is an educator.  Her last main post was as assistant vice principal for a magnet school. She has seen the circus parade of parents and knows that some people are incapable of admitting [...]

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January 8 : Lisa

January 8, 2011

Lisa is my oldest friend.  28 years to be exact.  Technically, she shouldn’t be part of the talk project, but with our busy schedules and raising of kids, we don’t get as many opportunities to just talk. We chatted for well over an hour today.  The kids were occupied and the kitchen was empty. A [...]

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January 7 : Alan

January 7, 2011

35 minutes. Time I didn’t have today. Alan called and I could tell he wasn’t feeling well.  Besides the fact that his life was derailed by his wife’s passing five years ago, Alan has recently had some diabetes issues that are not making life any easier. He sounded like he was in need, so I [...]

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January 6 : Christina

January 6, 2011

Christina is the second mom in our house.  She’s like the energizer bunny when it comes to taking care of business and more often than not, is the person that comes to my rescue in all household matters. Christina and I often have little conversations about our kids, errands and good supermarket buys.  I confide [...]

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January 5 : Helen

January 5, 2011

It was a blur. Helen’s was venting about work and I was cleaning the pantry. Some days are like this. I feel a little guilty for not being more present. It’s not like I missed any words, it’s just that I was letting the words drift over me. Sometimes we all need to vent.  We [...]

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January 4 : Diane

January 4, 2011

I have a personal angel.  Not the kind of angel that bestows huge gifts or makes your unnecessary dreams come true, but the kind of angel who looks after you from afar and wishes nothing but love and light in your life.  Today, I had the pleasure of catching up with my angel, Diane. Diane [...]

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January 3 : Lauren

January 3, 2011

I was lucky enough to have lunch with an old friend today.  I rattled on for quite some time before I fessed up to hogging the soapbox.  I’m a soapbox hogger. I like discussing issues and sometimes I have to remind myself that the whole point is to have a two way conversation. So I [...]

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