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Michelle Walsh
Mar 14, 20231 min read
You are Good
Instead of telling my girls, “Be good,” as they walk out the door, I am going to start reminding them, “You are good.” You are good Right...
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Michelle Walsh
Mar 3, 20231 min read
Guitar Solo
I sat hunkered over my bowl of chicken vegetable soup, slurping the warm goodness down like it down like an Olympic event. I was taking...
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Michelle Walsh
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Before I Forget
“Honey, I need to tell you something before I forget," Foxy said. Mom stayed with us more often as the Cancer progressed because I...
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Michelle Walsh
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Surprise!
I can keep a secret like a vault. But surprises? Not a chance. Especially if I am orchestrating the "surprise". I become very excited to...
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Michelle Walsh
Feb 3, 20231 min read
It's Just My Heart
I finally did a thing. I sifted 1,000,000 children’s books into 5 piles for my daughters. You see, each year for their birthday or...
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Michelle Walsh
Jan 31, 20231 min read
Wide Open Spaces
My kid quit her job. It was sucking the life out of her on an exponential level. Tomorrow she’s packing up her car and moving down south....
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Michelle Walsh
Jan 29, 20232 min read
Belonging
I hid behind my mom’s skirts because even though it was unspoken, scarcity cloaked each room in our home with cigarette smoke. I dared...
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Michelle Walsh
Jan 20, 20232 min read
R.I.P. Chirp
We rescued an injured bird from our front yard. Sometime overnight, in the comfort of a Costco trash bag cardboard box, she died. And now...
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Michelle Walsh
Jan 10, 20232 min read
Kids Second
Extra time, extra money, and extra patience. Things I had plenty of BC - before children. AC - after children, I am left with a few...
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Michelle Walsh
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Liberation
While other teens were listening to Prince, Huey Lewis and the Police on their walk mans, my soundtrack sounded more like, “Eat an apple...
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Michelle Walsh
Jan 2, 20231 min read
I Want This for You
If you're reading this, I want this for you. And I am not just saying that. I really want it for you. (Two renditions of the same exact...
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Michelle Walsh
Dec 26, 20221 min read
Four Letter Word
I have made saying “I love you” to friends, family members and strangers a regular and awkward thing. It began over twenty years ago when...
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Michelle Walsh
Dec 17, 20222 min read
Grief Thief
I was just innocently walking, and then I spontaneously started crying. That’s how grief works. Like a thief in the night, grief checks...
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Michelle Walsh
Dec 12, 20221 min read
What Women Need...
I have learned a few things about women - by being one and serving them over the years. Women want freedom to make their own decisions....
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Michelle Walsh
Nov 30, 20222 min read
'Tis the Season
I admire the families that imbibe in a yearly ritual of driving to the forest to cut down their Christmas tree. These beautiful people...
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Michelle Walsh
Nov 23, 20222 min read
An Open Letter of Thanksgiving
To my first daughter, Abby, thank you for teaching me fierce compassion. You are stoic, solid, sturdy, reliable and safe. You are the...
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Michelle Walsh
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Father & Son
So I did a thing last night for the first time. I attended an hour long writing group called The Narrative Method. Worst case scenario, I...
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Michelle Walsh
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Lasagna
*Author, Natalie Goldberg, says when you don't know what to write about, talk about your favorite meal. For me, this was easy! Tom wanted...
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Michelle Walsh
Sep 29, 20223 min read
Why Writing is Liberating
Written by Guest Blogger: Amanda Chance Reading can help us travel across different worlds and learn many lessons. Even in our ‘Books in...
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Michelle Walsh
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Because...Love
I got called back after a routine mammogram because you know, reasons. One ultrasound, one detailed torture device session, and 72 hours...
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