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7 Holiday Gifts to Feel Good About

If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the past few days stuffing your belly with delicious foods, counting your blessings, and enjoying the company of family (and, maybe even dealing with some of the craziness that comes with family too). You’ve probably also spent a good deal of time sifting through a bombardment of holiday advertisements, looking for good sales, and figuring out who to get what for the holidays. (Isn’t it crazy how quickly we move from a season  ...

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Musings, Wellness

On learning to do my hair

    I have a confession. I am 30 years old and I am just now beginning to learn how to do my hair. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s taken me three decades to confront the problem head on (no pun intended). Now lest my grandmother somehow come across this, let me dispel the notion that I was somehow an unkept child. (Grandma, do you even know how to google blogs? Who am I kidding? If your grandmother is anything like mine, you know they find a way to keep sorts of  ...

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Living Colorfully, Musings

On facing disappointment and heartbreak

This morning I woke up to new of the Supreme Court decision to uphold Trump (also known as 45/He-who-shall-be-named-as-little-as-possible)’s travel ban against Muslim countries, in the name of “national security.” As a human being, I’m crushed. As an attorney, I’m furious that the highest court in the land would uphold something so unjust, refusing to learn from history and past mistakes. [see Korematsu]. I wish I could say that I was surprised. And perhaps  ...

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