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Halloween is Over

Nov 1, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 28 Comments

Halloween is over, it’s over in the literal sense because it’s November 1st and it’s also over in the metaphorical sense because my three kids are all well past the […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo Nov 14, On being a parent Tagged With: Halloween, Parenting, Time

My Happy Place, Wordless Wednesday

Oct 15, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

Inspired by my friend Lois who wrote about her Happy Place a couple of days ago I decided to do the same, only not through words. In celebration of “wordless Wednesday” […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature

The Everyday Last Day

Oct 8, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 20 Comments

What would it really be like to live as if every single day were your last. Every. Single. Day. In short, the everyday last day. When I left the house […]

Filed Under: Aging Tagged With: Death, Life, Living, Present moment, Right to Die

Dear Fear, I am breaking up with you.

Sep 24, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 24 Comments

Dear Fear, I am breaking up with you. It’s over. Seriously. I’m done. Pack up your self-defeating attitude and go. Thanks, Elin For years too many to count I have been […]

Filed Under: Facing Fear Tagged With: Breaking up, Facing Fear, Fear

I Never Expected to Grieve for My Mother

Aug 29, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

Lined up in the garage as if they are expecting us still are the dining room chairs of my youth. In all, there are five. Yet now, as if in […]

Filed Under: Grief Tagged With: Death of Mother, Grief

Write What Haunts You

Apr 27, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

“Write what haunts you, lest you spend your life amidst drivel. Write what you care most about, the beauty, the absurdity, and the sorrow of the world.”–Jane Resh Thomas In […]

Filed Under: Grief, Just Write Tagged With: Death of Mother, Grief, Loss of Mother, Writing

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

Filed Under: Inspiration

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