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Category: Life’s Meaning

Looking for the significance behind life’s day to day challenges.

Shouting from Rooftops

January 5, 2012 tahlia422 Comments

I love my man! Two years ago this week I met DH2U. My life has been better ever since. We met on an dating site. It was his looks (sooooooooo my type!) and his sense of humor that drew me to him. To the question, “What personal information are you willing to reveal here?”, his… Continue reading Shouting from Rooftops →

Posted in Life's MeaningTagged love letter, two year anniversary

A Different Light

December 19, 2011 tahlia422 Comments

This is a strange time of year for me, as I am sure is the case for many religious converts. I grew up in a secular Christian home. I occasionally went to church with my grandma, but it was not a part of our lives. Christmas was all about Santa Claus and family get togethers… Continue reading A Different Light →

Posted in Life's MeaningTagged changing faiths, Christmas and Chanukah, holidays

Spinning Tradition

October 10, 2011 tahlia425 Comments

As a person who feels comfortable living under a set of rules (I just finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry - in honor of Banned Books Week - and ached to live in a society where all decisions - including the choice of career - were made for you … at least until I… Continue reading Spinning Tradition →

Posted in Life's MeaningTagged creating new traditions, planning the future, Yom Kippur

Gone But Never Forgotten

September 22, 2011 tahlia422 Comments

This weekend marks the 11th anniversary of the passing of one of my high school friends. I can’t believe that she’s really gone or that it has been more than a decade. Each year I honor her memory. Daphne was the first friend I made in high school - before classes even started. We were… Continue reading Gone But Never Forgotten →

Posted in Life's MeaningTagged focus on today, living life, not invicible

Selective Listening

September 15, 2011 tahlia424 Comments

Recently I was sorting through my internet bookmarks and stumbled across the video from a dance competition I was in last fall. I had no way of knowing while at the competition that it would be my last (knees were not up to the training challenge the way my brain and heart were). As I… Continue reading Selective Listening →

Posted in Life's MeaningTagged dancing for me, joy in movement, Latin dance, whose opinion matters

The Search for Meaning

July 11, 2011 tahlia4222 Comments

Although we are never given a manual for how to live our lives, there are a few mile posts out there that "they" believe we should do, thereby giving us access to the "grown up" club.   Many were obviously not for me, and I am glad I skipped them.   Still, I've put in… Continue reading The Search for Meaning →

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