Tomorrow is my annual children’s gingerbread house party at our church which has made for a nonstop week of making and bagging 28 pounds of icing, gathering last minute supplies, opening and prepping two enormous cases of candy, and then schelpping all of it along with the parts for 35 houses to the church! It’s [...]

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This week I unveiled my personal blog,  The Passionate Plate: Savoring Life in Small Bites, which focuses on three areas of interest to me: Food and Health (Savoring), Spirituality and Faith (Saviouring), and Our Adventures at Home and on the Road (Savouring). I hope you stop by sometime. Oh, who am I kidding?! I want [...]

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I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. – Kurt Cobain Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss I live and breath for an audience of One. – Sarah Groves (from [...]

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My blog posts have been far and few between over the past three months. There was our vacation in mid-summer followed by my two surgeries followed by my mom’s death three weeks ago. There were times I didn’t post because I was delightfully busy with life, other times I was fuzzy-brained from pain medications and [...]

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For the last two weeks leading up to and following my mom’s death, D and I have been surrounded by people whose faith is grounded within conservative Christianity. These are the people who hold starring roles in the memories of my childhood and youth. They are the people who as adults already themselves watched me [...]

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For those who follow me on Facebook, you already know my mom passed away this past week and I know I’m one of the fortunate ones. I had a good mother. A wonderful one. The best. I’m grateful Mom’s passing was gentle and without pain. I’m grateful that along with my brothers and sister I [...]

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I’m not able to blog at the present due to an illness in the family. I will be back as soon as possible. Blessings, Anita

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Dear Friends, If you’ve been following my drug-hazed meanderings over on Facebook you already know I’m moving along rapidly in healing from my recent surgery.  This entire process has been a phenomenal and surprising experience in my life. I went into these two elective post-weight loss surgeries for the purpose of having excess skin removed [...]

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Today is surgery day and chances are as you read this I’m in the middle of a 8-9 hour nip and tuck marathon. If you have an extra minute between praying for world peace and a parking spot, I’d appreciate a prayer or two with my name attached. It’s not that I have any fear [...]

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I’m taking this opportunity to talk about me because at this moment others are talking about me. My blog buddy, John Shore wrote a story about me, or more specifically, John wrote about my cookies (that’s to be taken literally and not euphemistically) in a blog post entitled Nothing Says Love Like a Lesbian Christian [...]

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