R.I.P. Chirp
We rescued an injured bird from our front yard. Sometime overnight, in the comfort of a Costco trash bag cardboard box, she died. And now...
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Michelle Walsh
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Kids Second
Extra time, extra money, and extra patience. Things I had plenty of BC - before children. AC - after children, I am left with a few...
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Michelle Walsh
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Liberation
While other teens were listening to Prince, Huey Lewis and the Police on their walk mans, my soundtrack sounded more like, “Eat an apple...
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Michelle Walsh
- Jan 2
- 1 min
I Want This for You
If you're reading this, I want this for you. And I am not just saying that. I really want it for you. (Two renditions of the same exact...
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Michelle Walsh
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
Four Letter Word
I have made saying “I love you” to friends, family members and strangers a regular and awkward thing. It began over twenty years ago when...
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Michelle Walsh
- Dec 17, 2022
- 2 min
Grief Thief
I was just innocently walking, and then I spontaneously started crying. That’s how grief works. Like a thief in the night, grief checks...
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Michelle Walsh
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
What Women Need...
I have learned a few things about women - by being one and serving them over the years. Women want freedom to make their own decisions....
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Michelle Walsh
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
'Tis the Season
I admire the families that imbibe in a yearly ritual of driving to the forest to cut down their Christmas tree. These beautiful people...
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Michelle Walsh
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
An Open Letter of Thanksgiving
To my first daughter, Abby, thank you for teaching me fierce compassion. You are stoic, solid, sturdy, reliable and safe. You are the...
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Michelle Walsh
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Father & Son
So I did a thing last night for the first time. I attended an hour long writing group called The Narrative Method. Worst case scenario, I...
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Michelle Walsh
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Lasagna
*Author, Natalie Goldberg, says when you don't know what to write about, talk about your favorite meal. For me, this was easy! Tom wanted...
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Michelle Walsh
- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
Why Writing is Liberating
Written by Guest Blogger: Amanda Chance Reading can help us travel across different worlds and learn many lessons. Even in our ‘Books in...
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Michelle Walsh
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
Because...Love
I got called back after a routine mammogram because you know, reasons. One ultrasound, one detailed torture device session, and 72 hours...
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Michelle Walsh
- Sep 4, 2022
- 1 min
Receive
I just listened to a meditation on receiving. Turns out I don’t do this so well. The Zen intonation of the teacher asked what it would be...
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Michelle Walsh
- Aug 29, 2022
- 2 min
When I look at you...
When I look at you I see a masterpiece of how God knit you together molecule by molecule, cell by cell, placing each strand of hair on...
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Michelle Walsh
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Books in a Basket
It rests hidden next to my prayer chair, in the same exact location it has been for over twenty years. A silent, stoic monument, seeking...
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Michelle Walsh
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
She Let Go
She let go. She let go of cleaning the floor on her hands and knees, of oiling the kitchen cabinets, of vacuuming triangles into the...
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Michelle Walsh
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
Life Vest
My kid swam across a lake yesterday. I thought she may drown. I watched helpless from a stand up paddleboard too far away to rescue her...
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Michelle Walsh
- Jul 27, 2022
- 1 min
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No one tells you. Mouths are closed and Hope is driving the party bus on The Big Day. No one tells you that there is a rather steep...
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Michelle Walsh
- Jul 21, 2022
- 1 min
Recalculating
Sometimes we literally get stopped in our tracks. Like yesterday, when this beauty was sprawled out in front of me. What I am not: a...
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