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BrandiParsons8
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Waiting...
I'm waiting for the right time. I'm waiting for the money. I'm waiting to feel better. I'm waiting until my kids are older. I'm waiting...
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BrandiParsons8
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Seconds
I used to measure seconds in the terms that all 86,400 seconds of each and every day counted. I needed to not waste a single one. Then,...
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BrandiParsons8
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Cooking with Papa
A few weeks ago at my Monday night writing group, we talked about the word should. There are so many things we feel like we should do,...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Word of the Year - Connection
Each year I have a word that I adopt as a word of the year. Two years ago, in 2019, my word was courage. In 2020, well before the...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 11, 20211 min read
2021
I've been never been not so focused in my life - well, except for possibly when my family expanded from three to four, we moved ten days...
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BrandiParsons8
Apr 22, 20201 min read
I Struggle
I struggle today...
Brandi shares her thoughts on her struggles today during this Covid-19 time.
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BrandiParsons8
Jun 3, 20192 min read
Rest
I took time this weekend to rest. It proved to be an eventful weekend just the same. My children both learned how to ride their bikes...
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BrandiParsons8
May 27, 20192 min read
Remembering
My son just blurted out, "Tori, it's going to take us 120 minutes to get to Ottumwa." He used his math skills to figure out that 2 hours...
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BrandiParsons8
Apr 26, 20193 min read
Non-swimmer to Swimmer Part 4
We practiced breathing.
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BrandiParsons8
Mar 3, 20198 min read
30 Lessons from 30 Floats
I am one month and 25 days into my year of giving myself the gift of a year of self-love and one of the best gifts that I regularly give...
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BrandiParsons8
Feb 13, 20192 min read
Bestie for Valentine's
It's February. That means that when there's a bajillion snow days, I make Valentine's with my kids. My 8 year old, second grader, like...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 30, 20192 min read
Be Kind to the Water
Water is an amazing substance. It can be a solid, liquid, or gas, and yet its chemical properties are the same. It is always two parts...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 16, 20193 min read
Deep Water
I've been listening to this voice. The one that says, "Live courageously. The water is sometimes raging, but live courageously anyways!"...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 12, 20192 min read
Go Float Yourself
If there was a magical place where you could float yourself away to another dimension, would you go? I would-and I do, regularly. I...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 11, 20193 min read
Self-love is NOT Selfish
Birthdays are a time of reflection. Birthdays are a time when we celebrate another year of wisdom, another year of growth, and another...
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BrandiParsons8
Jan 1, 20195 min read
2019 - Happy New Year
Ten years ago, we made our annual New Year's Eve sparkler bomb with 960 sparklers. For ringing in 2019, I definitely didn't see the New...
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