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The (not so) Big Reveal

Nov 23, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Looks as if I won this round of 5 Truths, 1 Lie. No one came close. Of course only 3 people played, versus the 90+ on my new friend Jen’s […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Fear, NaBloPoMo13, Name Change, Weird Jobs

Missing the Mark: Unraveling a Convoluted Blog Post

Nov 22, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Have you ever sent a message that was completely misconstrued? Well I have. It happened yesterday. After  I re-read my words this morning three things occurred to me: 1. There […]

Filed Under: Blog Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: blogging lessons, NaBloPoMo13, Regret, Writing

The Sound of Raindrops: Promise of a New Day

Nov 21, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 10 Comments

  The rain came somewhere in the night. And it’s melodic sound pulled me from bed earlier than usual, my mood considerably lighter than the day before. Yesterday wasn’t so […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: community, helping others, Life, nablopomo, rain

5 Truths, 1 Lie

Nov 20, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 10 Comments

I am feeling super lazy and borderline cranky  this morning…clearly that has carried over into this afternoon evening. I simply do not feel like writing today. And even though I […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: 1 Lie, 5 Truths, Moodiness, NaBloPoMo13

Composed Heartache

Nov 19, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 15 Comments

Thanks to my friend Lois, over at Midlife at the Oasis, I learned about Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape. Last week the theme was, Music that Tells a Story, I […]

Filed Under: Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: NaBloPoMo13, Twisted Mix Tape, Your Cheating Heart

25 Random Things…

Nov 18, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

  About 5 years ago there was a game played on Facebook called, 25 Random Things About You, it had a lot of rules associated with it. This is a […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: 25 Random Things, Life, Stuff that matters

Drive by Lunch

Nov 17, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

“I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: homelessness, hunger, Love, NaBloPoMo13, Thankful, Thanksgiving

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