fresh

by Daune O'Brien on June 30, 2011 · 1 comment

Someday I will share the shift that led me to the fresh!

But for now, just know you can find me here www.loveisgroovy.com

It’s all about doing what works.

And love works, baby.

And it’s groovy, no?

Peace.

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This is a story about a tree.

by Daune O'Brien on April 21, 2011 · 10 comments

From the corner of my eye I could see that he had gone away from the crowd to inspect something of great interest.

Mesmerized, he stood off in a stance of great contemplation.

Thinking, strategizing, reasoning, reflecting…

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His arms lay completely still by his side as if his entire body were meditating upon a problem of the most complex nature.

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His eyes, the only part of his being making any movement; up and down—slowly examining a spectacle of which I could not see from where I stood.

What is he looking at?

I was unloading the car, unbuckling his siblings and grabbing bags from our picnic at the park, but each time I glanced in his direction he was in his own world, so deep into his own thoughts that he didn’t hear me call out to him, saying “whatcha looking at there, buddy?

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But he was transifixed and simply captivated.   I saw him advance for further discovery. I saw him contemplate reaching out, then withdraw, then reach out…

until finally…

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he gently reached and kept reaching. His touch was apprehensive–almost shy.

What is he looking at?

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Then I saw that he was beginning to lean more into it with confidence and purpose. His entire body angled toward the mystery.

Walking over toward him, curious and searching this tree of the secrets that held my son captive, I say again “what *are* you looking at, P?

Without turning away, and with all the seriousness that a child can behold–as if the very mystery of life itself rested within the line of his vision, he flatly declared…

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THIS TREE HAS BOOBIES. IT’S A BOOBIE TREE.

True story.

The End.

 

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978 miles.

April 19, 2011
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What should have taken 18 hours? Took a rallying, electrifying, forge forward 24-hours. Rally because our first 5 minutes resulted in a quick stop at the pharmacy and not just because I was still making my countdown paper chain and needed extra staples. ppffft. But mostly because the dumplin was sick with the grungie sniffles [...]

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Step 1. Get out of bed.

April 16, 2011
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My son recently spent a little time with his Aunt Patty. As a result of that weekend visit with her, my son has had a dramatic change in his vocabulary; which may in fact explain my—I am still half asleep and don’t know who I am—responses to the pirate this morning when he tried to [...]

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Love hurts.

April 14, 2011
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This morning I dropped the dumplin’ off for her first day. It was a spontaneous decision to start this particular week because that is how I move about within the process of potentially painful life transitions. It hurts less when I rip right through it real quick—like yanking off an old band-aide. Here she is [...]

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Behind the scenes.

April 13, 2011
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So….photobucket was abducted by aliens and we are still working out union negotiations. In the meantime, it appears that my account is still being held hostage. I tried offering my first-born child but they aren’t  budging. I will keep you posted. Despite the deafening blog silence, there has been pa-lenty going on. Here’s a quick [...]

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