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Fourteen Ways 41 Feels Like 14

January 12, 2016 By Vicky 7 Comments

Fourteen Ways 41 Feels Like 14

We sat around my parents’ table. To my right, my 18-year-old niece preparing to go to college. To my left, my 97-year-old grandmother. Thousands of experiences between them – lessons learned, dreams fulfilled, storms weathered. And still more to come. We sat at parents’ table and laughed until we cried, shared silly and embarrassing memories, […]

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What I’ve Learned After 16 Years of Marriage

December 30, 2015 By Vicky 2 Comments

This summer, I was married 16 years. Forty percent of my life has been spent committed to a man I met when I was a 22-year-old graduate student, living on my own for the very first time, on the cusp of beginning my first “real job.” On the eve of my 16th wedding anniversary, I was […]

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Real Life Instagram Filter Names

November 3, 2015 By Vicky 14 Comments

Real Life Instagram Filter Names

I embraced turning 40. I felt stronger, happier, more content in my own skin than I had at any other point in my life. My marriage was strong, my friendships established. I had accepted my flaws and my pants size… Well, maybe not “accepted” my pants size. But I definitely worried about it much less […]

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