Thanks to the Song in My Head
Dear Jessica Brennan, A couple of weeks ago, during the kind of impatience that can only come with a renovation, I noticed Dad’s way of almost putting things away. He …
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Never Sing Karaoke in a Belly-Top
Dear Jessica Brennan, On the issue of karaoke. Here’s my call. Karaoke is like belly-tops. Those who shouldn’t often do. I have never sung Karaoke. I never will, but for …
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(Never) Star in Your Own Commercial!
Dear Jessica Brennan, Listen carefully. Never, ever do your own commercials. You don’t know how. Don’t even consider it, or you will end up like those guys on the TV …
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How to Live with Sorrow and Troubled Water
Dear Jessica Brennan, In life, we are sometimes sought out by sorrow surrounding us and hanging heavy, crushing our entire world. With sorrow comes the worst kind of misery and …
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Time to Find a New Room
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently a clever person reminded me that if you’re the smartest person in the class, you’re in the wrong class. As I was thinking about why this …
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Awakenings and Breakdowns. They Feel the Same to Me
Dear Jessica Brennan, I have noticed that in an eerie and otherworldly way, a few days or weeks before a profound shift happens in my life — good or bad …
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Accepting it All – Good, Bad + Ugly
Dear Jessica Brennan, Acceptance is not about liking or agreeing with the current situation in your life; instead, it’s about acknowledging your reality and understanding what is truly happening. This …
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Child
Dear Jessica Brennan, I loved you thoroughly as a child, a teenager and an adult. That’s indisputable. However, my love did not protect you from bumps and bruises along the …
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The Sins of the Ancestors
Dear Jessica Brennan, It is a recent realization for me that emotional heaviness is generational. All people have secrets, and all families and ancestors have secrets. We drag those secrets …
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A Few Words About Rejection
Dear Jessica Brennan, I now know a few things about rejection since writing my mystery. All creative people, whether musicians, actors, writers or visual artists, must brace themselves for rejection. …
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