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Class of 2022: Commencement Speech from a Never-Valedictorian

On Friday, my baby dumpling graduates from high school. Her last year of high school has made me feel introspective. I've been thinking a lot about the young Lyssa, who was unconventional, misunderstood, middle of her class grades-wise, and ALWAYS overlooked.

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Class of 2022: Commencement Speech from a Never-Valedictorian On Friday, my baby dumpling graduates from high school. Her last year of high school has made me feel introspective. I've been thinking a lot about the young Lyssa, who was unconventional, misunderstood, middle of her class grades-wise, and ALWAYS overlooked. If I ever did one thing right in my life...

Buttons and Glue

This summer, when I was in the middle of some of the worst stress I've encountered, I had a few choices for how to deal:

• Overeating
• Crack Co***ne
• Crafts

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Buttons and Glue This summer, when I was in the middle of some of the worst stress I've encountered, I had a few choices for how to deal: Overeating Crack Co***ne Crafts Crack co***ne is just a joke. I come from a long line of alcoholics, and since I was so fiercely addicted to food, I haven't allowed myself to expa...

The Underpants Revolution

My partner-in-crime, Sarah, is a practical person. She knows what is essential in life, and those principles guide her actions. Unlike me, where I find myself continually off the beaten path and in trouble, Sarah will keep you on the straight and narrow.

That's why Sarah latched on to The Pocket Revolution, where her singular goal is to change women's apparel to add more pockets to meet our pocketular (I'm going to make that a new word for multiple pockets, so get on board) demands.

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The Underpants Revolution My partner-in-crime, Sarah, is a practical person. She knows what is essential in life, and those principles guide her actions. Unlike me, where I find myself continually off the beaten path and in trouble, Sarah will keep you on the straight and narrow. That's why Sarah latched on to The Pocket Rev...

Stop Pulling at Threads

One of the worst things we do as humans are we pull at the threads of our lives. Sometimes we are better served by keeping our heads down and moving forward.

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Don’t Pull at Threads One of the worst things we do as humans are we pull at the threads of our lives. Sometimes we are better served by keeping our heads down and moving forward. One of the most challenging times in my life was when my children were small. A typical day would transpire, as follows: I can remember a subt...

The Ultimate Problem Solver - Chocolate

When I was a kid back in the '80s, General Foods International Coffees had commercials with big-haired citizens in goofy clothes drinking their hot beverages, which would instantly awaken beautiful memories for the sipper. Often, these recollections would include scintillating banter about foreign travel and breathtaking times that the sippers shared.

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The Ultimate Problem Solver - Chocolate When I was a kid back in the '80s, General Foods International Coffees had commercials with big-haired citizens in goofy clothes drinking their hot beverages, which would instantly awaken beautiful memories for the sipper. Often, these recollections would include scintillating banter about foreign t...