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Dear 16 Year Old Me

May 14, 2015 By elinwaldal 13 Comments

Dear 16-Year-Old Me, Just you wait. Oh, how I cringe when I hear those three words. I cringe because what is inferred is this: you don’t have a clue, you […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: Dear 16 Year Old Me, Dear Daughter, Dear Son, Parenting, Teenagers

There is nothing to writing…

Apr 16, 2014 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ― Ernest Hemingway

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We Are All Apprentices

Dec 2, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

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Veterans Day: My Mother the WASP

Nov 11, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 15 Comments

In December of 1943 my mother, who then went by, Elinor Fairchild, received a letter from Jaqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots of The War Department, letting her know that […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Mother, Veteran's Day, WASP, Women Pilots, WWII

Self-Love

Jun 28, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“Self-love is the air beneath the wings of all out relationships.”–Elin Stebbins Waldal

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Opportunity

Jun 24, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

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And the day came…

Jun 13, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

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