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california
February 7, 2017June 4, 2018 The Olive Gal 1 Comment
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10 Years in California

When I was a little girl in Massachusetts, I often played in the woods with my neighborhood friends, climbing over moss-covered stones in the cool, damp understory to collect earthy trinkets and play adventure games. The…

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Wendy
August 12, 2016May 31, 2018 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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Are You There, Blog? It’s Me, Wendy

Funny thing happened this summer. I died.   It didn’t happen suddenly. It was a slow death I should have seen coming. A series of events, one after the other, that combined to take me away,…

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write stuff
June 17, 2016June 4, 2018 The Olive Gal No Comments
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I Can Haz Write Stuff

Things have happened in the world. I have felt sad about them. Sometimes, I’ve felt angry. Other times…nothing. Things have happened in my life. I have felt happy about them. Sometimes, I’ve felt proud. Other times…shrug.…

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antidepressants
September 24, 2015June 4, 2018 The Olive Gal 5 Comments
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I’m Going Off My Antidepressants

Yeah, I said it. For reasons unbeknownst to me (but perhaps knownst to you), there’s a huge stigma against psychiatric medication. You’re never supposed to admit that you’re taking pills for a mental illness, an addiction,…

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Happy Blogiversary to Me!
December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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Happy Blogiversary to Me!

It’s been one year since I started this here blog, and a lot has gone down since December of 2013. There have been some tragedies, including a second miscarriage and the death of my cousin, but…

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This Old Scruffy Shelter Dog Stole My Heart
October 21, 2014 The Olive Gal 5 Comments
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This Old Scruffy Shelter Dog Stole My Heart

On Monday, I lay on the floor of my office rolling over a tennis ball, trying to break up the tightness still present in my back nearly a week after my second epidural shot. With no…

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A Week of Anniversaries: A Wedding, a Miscarriage, and 9/11
September 9, 2014March 4, 2020 The Olive Gal 3 Comments
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A Week of Anniversaries: A Wedding, a Miscarriage, and 9/11

This week is a tricky one for me. On the one hand, it marks the six-year anniversary of my wedding to Alex—one of the happiest moments of my life, next to the birth of my son…

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How Robin Williams Saved Me From Depression
August 12, 2014 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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How Robin Williams Saved Me From Depression

It was the summer after 9/11 in downtown New York. I had just graduated from NYU and, with my fancy degree, was working as a cocktail waitress while I tried to “make it” as a dancer.…

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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Have a Nervous Breakdown
July 31, 2014 The Olive Gal 16 Comments
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Have a Nervous Breakdown

Or very nearly do. I’d categorize this latest bout of stress and anxiety brought on by the BlogHer conference as a “near-miss.” Over the last week, I bit off a little more salami than I could…

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Picking Up the Pieces
April 30, 2014May 31, 2018 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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Picking Up the Pieces

So life carries on. So on and so forth. A tragedy happens (again) and rocks your world and for a while you watch it go by on the sidelines. You sit behind a haze of grief…

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