One of the most brutal things, as someone working in a creative industry, is feeling like a fraud because you're also feeling like a shell or your creative self. I also feel like creatives often oscillate between sharing too much about their failures and then never sharing their failures at all. I don't totally know …
I'd love to make going to Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium an annual Easter tradition for my family. The zoo itself is magnificent and full of great family attractions. And thankfully, on Easter, the zoo wasn't busting at the seams with people. That probably has to do with the fact that people were gathering …
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Brian Granquist. Photo via Sugar Land Methodist Church Brian, thank you for your care and your thoughtfulness and for checking in on me. The emails and texts and Facebook comments we traded back and forth meant the world to me, and I think to my parents as well. I truly appreciate you taking an interest …
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Did you know that there's snow in Omaha?
You don't know joy until you see a small springer spaniel sprint through mounds of Mexican sycamore leaves that probably should've been cleaned up at least a week ago. It's not totally relevant or important as to who is responsible for cleaning those leaves up. That's not what we're here to talk about. We're here …
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My fiancée is the best. I, on the other hand, am not the best. She'll do cute things like attempt to hold my hand in the car. Simultaneously, I'll have to yawn and will pull my hand away, unaware of what she's attempting to do and why she fusses at me when I yawn in …
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I have successfully survived my own crazed antics long enough to travel around the sun 23 times. That's pretty great. I'm pretty grateful for it. Well, tomorrow will be 23 trips around the sun. To be exact, at 3 minutes after midnight, I'll have traveled around the sun 23 times on this big rock vehicle …
Hi. Let me go ahead and identify myself. This is me. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeBdY80lyHu/?taken-by=leeethanj No, I've never been to the United Kingdom. And no, I've never been to South Africa. I can't say that I've ever been to an actual barber shop. And though I have a family, I don't think I even know anyone in South …
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I aspire to know about something the same way that Chris Paul knows about the intricacies of the Staples Center in Los Angeles. You see, it's truly inspiring that Paul, now with the Houston Rockets and formerly with the Los Angeles Clippers, truly knows the Staples Center like the back of his hand. After the Rockets …
If you're expecting a package to arrive from FedEx, it's best that you keep up with when it's supposedly arriving to your doorstep from a friendly delivery person. It is not best to not know when during the day it will arrive and to progress through the day as if it'll arrive when it arrives. …
Sundays In My Subaru 