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Hey Murph, Boy - not bringing home a paycheck is beginning to get on my nerves a bit...ya know?  Here I am, a grown woman, not very far away from the time in her life when she should be thinking ab

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What? Me Anxious?

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Dear Murph, It's been a long time since I've written.  After my doggie died I was in a funk and didn't do much of anything.  Then I got some kind of flu and was laid out for 2 days.  I'm feeling fi

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So Long, My Girl

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Dear Murph, I knew it was coming.....I knew it for a long time.  She's been slowing down with a steady rhythm that always ends at the same place.  Even though she was a spitfire way beyond her

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Women Who Run With.........

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Hey Murph, I just spent a wonderful afternoon celebrating my dear friend's birthday.  A small group of women gathered at her home, in the middle of The Blue Ridge  Mountains - at 59 I was the young

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Wreckage

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Hey Murph, I spent this morning cleaning my boyfriend's apartment as he is now in long term rehab.  I went there a couple weeks ago and got most of his belongings but today I had to do the dirty wo

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Would You Like a Glass of Wine?

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Dear Murph, I'm back home in Virginia tonight.  My luggage, unfortunately, is not.  I assume it will arrive sometime.....who knows?  It could be sitting in Newark.  There's not much I can do about

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Leaving Home to Go Home

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Dear Murph, Thanks so much for giving me this wonderful week with my family and friends and for allowing me to fill my soul with memories I had not thought about for a very long time.  Thanks for t

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Lessons from my childhood

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Hey Murph, Not so good at writing every day, huh?  But being back in my hometown of Chicago has been a very emotional experience this time around.  For so long I have put my youth on a shelf an

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If Gambling Addiction is Taking Over Your Life, Your Pathway to Recovery Begins Here

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