I Am a Straight Women Trying to 'Date' Other Women
How do we navigate friendships and connections in midlife? How do we navigate friendships and connections in midlife? The first time I...
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Francine Tirrell
Aug 24, 20207 min read
If You Want Peace, You Must Release
I have been doing a lot of personal development work over the last 10 to 15 years. I have been willing to dig in when needed and have...
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Francine Tirrell
Jun 1, 20204 min read
Run Towards Your Mailbox!
· With all that is going on in the world lately, I woke up one morning feeling sad, angry, defeated, helpless and so many other emotions...
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Francine Tirrell
May 11, 20203 min read
What Makes Me Enough?
What makes you enough? This question sucker punched me a couple of weeks ago. I was laid off from my full-time job in December. In...
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Francine Tirrell
Oct 20, 20193 min read
The Beauty is in the Gray Sky
I typically leave my house early to go to work. Most days it is still dark out. The other day when I left, it was still dark, and the sky...
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Francine Tirrell
May 4, 20177 min read
What was I Really Afraid of?
A few years ago, my husband Bill and I went skydiving. Skydiving is something that I never had the urge to do. I am not an adrenaline...
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Francine Tirrell
Jan 3, 20153 min read
How Often Do You Change the Part in Your Hair??
Recently, a woman at work walked into my office and I noticed that her hair was done differently. When I asked what she had done, her...
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Francine Tirrell
Feb 26, 20142 min read
Happy Birthday My Sweet Angel
Dear Dakota, Saying Happy Birthday to you should be said with joy and not a heavy heart. You should be ten years old today. Every year...
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Francine Tirrell
Jan 1, 20142 min read
Happy New Year
Happy New Year -2014 As I sit here on New Year’s Day, I think about the past year. WOW! What a year it has been. I also think that in...
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Francine Tirrell
Nov 17, 20133 min read
You are Right - You Can't
The other day, I received a voice mail from my friend Kelly, inviting me to try out some fitness classes that her club offers. I...
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Francine Tirrell
Sep 15, 20137 min read
Is Fear Real
What is fear? Why do we have it? How do we get passed it? Last year, my husband and I were at an event that included a silent auction....
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Francine Tirrell
Feb 26, 20131 min read
Happy Birthday Sweet Angel
Dear Dakota, Happy Birthday!! You would be nine years old this year. I can’t even really imagine what that would have been like. I still...
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Francine Tirrell
Dec 17, 20123 min read
Dear Dakota....
Dear Dakota, It was not that long ago that Uncle Bill and I were standing in line to pay our respects to the parents of an angel. As we...
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Francine Tirrell
Apr 29, 20124 min read
40:58
That is how long it took to achieve a goal and cross it off my bucket list. 40:58 that is the length of time that it took me to complete...
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Francine Tirrell
Apr 23, 20123 min read
I Miss You.... My Friend
D.Scott Noble November 30, 1961- April 22, 2012 Taken from us too young... too soon..... Have you ever met someone that was truly a good...
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Francine Tirrell
Mar 21, 20123 min read
The Gift
Wow!! I feel like I was just given a gift. As you can see from my blog, I like to write. I bought my first computer because I wanted to...
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Francine Tirrell
Feb 26, 20123 min read
Happy Birthday My Sweet Angel
Today would have been your eighth birthday. Sometimes it is hard to believe that it has been eight years since you came into our world,...
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Francine Tirrell
Jan 5, 20126 min read
My Forward Crossover
Crossovers are the way skaters move around corners and the ends of a rink. Mastering forward crossovers make a figure skater better and...
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Francine Tirrell
Dec 13, 20112 min read
Dear Dakota
My niece Dakota was born still on February 26, 2004 Often I write to her. While she is not here in the physical sense, she has always...
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Francine Tirrell
Oct 23, 20113 min read
Texting With Garden Gloves
Have you ever tried to go in one direction, but something keeps getting in your way and you do nothing about it? Recently, I was weeding...
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