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Weddings, Weeding, & Wonderings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This is the year. The year when all my friends are getting engaged, married, having kids, moving to new cities, starting new jobs, starting new lives. This is the year when a lot of things change. Two weekends ago, I was in the wedding of one of my best friends. I hadn’t yet met her [...]

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Engaging with your supporters

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In my job, we’re always thinking about how to serve our constituents, our supporters, our donors, our followers, and fans, partners, and champions. That means we frequently “engage with our supporters” which means wonky non-profit type stuff like “creating a dialogue,” “providing a platform for community-building,” “raising awareness,” and “reporting back.” We tell our people [...]

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The only way to learn

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

At one point or another in our lives, we’ve been told that it’s okay to make mistakes, okay to fail, to screw up. The catch is that we are meant to learn from the mistakes, pick ourselves up after failures, and find a new path — now that we know what to do differently. And [...]

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The nature of a transitory town

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on January 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »

When I first came to DC three years ago, I wasn’t looking for new best friends (I have a couple of great ones), but I was hoping I would find some people to hang out with from time to time in this new place since I was away from home, from my boyfriend, from all [...]

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The Lost Art of Penpals

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Once upon a time, I was a little girl making trips to Louisiana for the summer from Ohio by plane. I would get to board first with the flight attendant (then called “stewardess), and of course, deplane last and be escourted to the gate where I was I handed off to the family member picking [...]

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Yeah… you’re right!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes there are those days where nothing seems to be going right. We get some bad news, we get in a fight with someone we love, get reprimanded by the boss, or  we’re late to an appointment because of traffic. Last week I had almost an entire week of that. I had the weird medical [...]

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It’s only Tuesday

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

and it already has been a long week. Lots going on at work, very busy time of year for UNF. Sorry for the lack in updates. I’m looking forward to Relay in a few weeks! Here’s to Team Roussel for a Cure! Other random items: -cooking pasta with shrimp and mussels = tasty -cherry blossoms [...]

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The usual

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

When someone asks you how your day was, or your week, or if they haven’t talked to you in awhile, how is life, do you say “the usual”? I say it quite a bit, but when I really think about what has been going on, it’s not always just the usual. If I break down [...]

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Memories…of the way we were…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yeah, it’s cheesy. And if you’re a guy reading this, you’re probably like, “Seriously?” The girls know though. Anyway, this isn’t about Robert Redford or a romance that went wrong. This weekend there were two events that dregged up memories, and so it’s just interesting to look back sometimes and think about how things have [...]

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Helping others helps yourself

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been realizing lately how much this is true. Lately it’s been all about admitting things and then doing something about it, instead of just continuing to sit there and whine or cry or be frustrated. Whether it’s that you can’t lose the weight, you can’t get past some emotional baggage, or you aren’t doing [...]

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