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Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

Motherhood, Dreams, and Ricki & the Flash

On a chilly winter afternoon in 1984, two giddy teenage girls traveled an hour to the nearest movie theater that was playing the much-anticipated (by them) movie “Hard to Hold” starring the man they were hopelessly devoted to: Rick Springfield. These two 14-year-old girls sat excitedly through the movie featuring their favorite heartthrob…twice…in a row.

Thirty-one years later, now married, busy moms to teenagers, they reunited to view another movie. This time they drove themselves instead of relying on a big brother to drive them. They couldn’t sit straight through two viewings (do they even allow that any more?) because they had busy lives to get back to and wanted to spend the rest of their time catching up on each other’s lives.  They took silly pictures, laughed out loud, and soaked in every precious minute of it. Continue Reading

Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

The Soundtrack of My Soul

Remember your first love? The summer after graduation? A special college get-together? Your wedding? An epic road trip? I’d bet that for every one of these occasions and dozens more, you have a song that, when you hear it, takes you right back to that moment in your history. It evokes a memory and a feeling and maybe a person. Sometimes it’s a welcome memory, sometimes something you’d rather forget, and sometimes it provokes a good cry. Every time Rick Springfield comes on the radio or TV or pops up in social media, I immediately think of Jen, my best friend, and comrade in all things Rick. We’ve been “Rick’s biggest fans” since sixth grade. His music is good and he’s played in the background of our lives for the past thirty years. Continue Reading