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Mom’s Guide to Winning the Game of Vatican Roulette

By Fleur Alys Dobbins 2 months ago 5

Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was in grade school, I was told that mom had gone to the dentist. And because he had “cut her tongue” we weren’t allowed to bother her all day. Not allowed to knock on the door… nothing. I later, much later, found out that she had not gone to the dentist…

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Feeling Like an Awkward 13 Year Old in Your Relationship with God?

By Fleur Alys Dobbins 12 months ago

Reading Time: 3 minutes I was thinking about this the other day as I contemplated my relationship with God. How was my relationship to God molded and formed by […]

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Do Not Be Anxious For Anything

By Fleur Alys Dobbins 1 year ago 4

Reading Time: 10 minutes I’m blind as a bat. If I’m ever, God forbid, in this position, for the love of God put my glasses on before you ask me if I know who you are.

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The Valley of the Showdown of Comeuppance: Part Deux

By Fleurydobbs 1 year ago

Reading Time: 5 minutes   Is it still Tuesday? I’ve experienced long days but these are long in the way you sorely wish they were not. Loooong. Unrestful in […]

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The Valley of the Showdown of Comeuppance

By Fleurydobbs 1 year ago 1

Reading Time: 8 minutes I have undeniably avoided writing this part of the story with seeming inability to put fingers to keyboard. I write amidst not wanting to write… […]

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For the Love of God, Please Return Your Teeth to Your Mouth

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago

Reading Time: 9 minutes The plan was to visit at Christmas time. That had been the plan since I’d left Mom from the summer visit. The visit where everything […]

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It’s Been Lovely But I Have to Scream Now

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago

Reading Time: 7 minutes I grew up in a household with all the “feels” in tact and firing rapidly. A lot of ups and downs. Draaaammmmaa dahlink.  This was […]

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Down the Rabbit Hole We Go

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago 2

Reading Time: 3 minutes Taken from Washington Post I had never meant for this blog to be about my mother. But we go where the muse leads us so […]

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When the Thing You Ran from Becomes Your Refuge

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago 2

Reading Time: 5 minutes For the last week it seems Mom has been doing pretty well. And that makes me so happy. It almost makes me not worry. Not […]

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You Really Only Need Three Words

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago

Reading Time: 3 minutes You’ve by now heard a lot about Mom. The most recent update is that she is slowing down. Stuttering. Slurring words. And it’s noticeable. I […]

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