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Losing you

For John, a dear friend (losing loved ones during the pandemic was so hard) In a box of dusty things, I found some old photos and a few mementos from old jobs. A small pad of paper with my former company’s name and my name and title and work address…

Old Friend Losing

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Old Friend Losing

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Table of Contents for my articles

Here is a list of my articles by category. This page is copied from Joan Gershman with gratitude. My Categories (in alphabetical order): Birth and Parenting You have to fill the empty nest… Or it is really sad. When my youngest kid went to college a few years back, it felt so WEIRD to be home with just my…lynnethompson574.medium.com Surrendering to Motherhood with my au pair’s help I met my husband a bit later in our lives. He was 30 and I was 32. I had been married 7 years before that, and it was…lynnethompson574.medium.com

Index

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Index

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You spoke to me in tongues

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You spoke to me in tongues

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Now that people will be able to travel soon, you should go to Europe and stay and eat and drink wine for free!

UPDATE: They really need people this summer! Check out the dates (mostly July): More: people’s stories about doing the program: https://www.thisispuebloingles.com/ All you have to do is speak English and participate in fun activities with people from Spain, Italy, or Germany. Sound fun? You bet it is! I had read…

International Travel

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Now that people will be able to travel soon, you should go to Europe and stay and eat and drink…

International Travel

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Jan 30

There are ways to quiet our thoughts of regret

When I was younger, I loved the song by Edith Piaf — “Non, je ne regrette rien” Edith Piaf had been through so much in her life, starting out as the child of a prostitute, raised on the streets of Paris, growing up to be an amazing singer, but she…

Regrets

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There are ways to quiet our thoughts of regret

Regrets

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Jan 12

I wanted to tell you

I wanted to tell you all the crooked and shiny ways that I loved you. how the smell of the earth reminded me of holding you close. how you looked to me like a bent tree, weary but strong. I wanted to tell you that I saw myself differently now…

Poem

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Poem

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I wanted to tell you

all the crooked and shiny ways that I loved you.

how the smell of the earth reminded me of holding you close.

how you looked to me like a bent tree, weary but strong.

I wanted to tell you

that I saw myself differently now…

Dec 9, 2022

Yes travel is fun, but it can also help you discover who you are

I have always travelled — my Dad was a commercial airline pilot and we flew for almost free until we were of age. Believe me, that first trip after age 21 was very tough — I couldn’t believe how much I had to pay for it! We used to fly…

Spain

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Yes travel is fun, but it can also help you discover who you are

Spain

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Nov 20, 2022

How do you motivate yourself? I use tricks and games…

I use little games, tricks and promised rewards to motivate myself. Like this morning, I got up early and was starting the coffee. There were dishes in the sink and I knew I should change the clean ones in the dishwasher and start a new load. I didn’t feel like…

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How do you motivate yourself? I use tricks and games…

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Nov 2, 2022

I had a baby doll when I was 12 while other girls were suffering assault

But I hid it because I knew you were not supposed to still like baby dolls They came out with this doll the Christmas I was 12 years old that had a light sensor in it and cried when you turned out the light. You could make the baby stop…

Sexual Assault

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I had a baby doll when I was 12 while other girls were suffering assault

Sexual Assault

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Sep 21, 2022

It’s not that you can’t write, you just stop too soon

Over the years as a creative and technical writer (close to 30!), I have noticed many excuses that people give for not writing well. “I am too wordy,” “I just don’t know how to start,” “I hate writing.” A lot of people I now work with struggle with English as…

Writing

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Writing

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Losing you

Table of Contents for my articles

You spoke to me in tongues

You spoke to me in tongues

Now that people will be able to travel soon, you should go to Europe and stay and eat and drink wine for free!

There are ways to quiet our thoughts of regret

I wanted to tell you

I wanted to tell you

Yes travel is fun, but it can also help you discover who you are

How do you motivate yourself? I use tricks and games…

I had a baby doll when I was 12 while other girls were suffering assault

It’s not that you can’t write, you just stop too soon

Lynne Thompson