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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

The Fragility of it All

Nov 15, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

I’ll take your part When darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: community, Love, nablopomo

Happy Birthday Dad

Nov 14, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 12 Comments

Today would have been my father’s 89th birthday. It doesn’t matter how many years pass, I miss him almost daily. As it happens, this morning finds me in Laguna Niguel, […]

Filed Under: Facing Fear, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Dad, NaBloPoMo13, Speaking, Trauma Recovery

First Woman to Sleep on Mt. Shasta

Nov 12, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 7 Comments

For those who don’t know, my mother died this past May. Among other things, I inherited her writing–my mother was a beautiful writer. What my mother was not, is organized. […]

Filed Under: Just Write, Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: 1923, Family Legacy, Mt. Shasta History, Women Pioneers

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

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