Articles by Karen Foley
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This Memorial Day, I would like you to remember . . .
on May 21, 2013, at 5:54 p.m.
Memorial day is observed each year on the last Monday in May to honor the men and women who gave their lives in service of their country. Originally called Decoration Day, it was first observed by various towns and states after the Civil War. In 1971 it was officially declared ...
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Having a positive attitude all the time is a lot of freaking work!
on May 19, 2013, at 2:04 p.m.
Yesterday was my birthday! It’s funny how birthdays go. Some are big and some are small. Some are momentous and some are traumatic. It turns out that turning 48 was really okay! In fact, it was just right. No I’m certainly not young anymore, but I’m not that old either ...
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If you come within a certain radius of me, I will mother you.
on May 11, 2013, at 1:37 p.m.
Let this serve as your warning. It’s what I do. Some of us are just born caregivers. We take care. Maybe it is some deep seeded flaw on our part that makes us not feel complete until we are caring for others. Or maybe we just have an extra gene ...
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Gender in the work place needs to become irrelevant
on May 04, 2013, at 11:11 a.m.
I’ve been growing increasingly tired lately with the current trend of conversations about whether or not professional women can “have it all” and whether or not we are “leaning in” enough! Not because I don’t believe we deserve to have it all, but because in 2013 it is still even ...
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Let us not become the people that we fear
on April 20, 2013, at 12:48 p.m.
It would be hard today to write a blog about anything other than being angry. We are all pissed off this week, we are all simply beside ourselves with anger and we have good reason to be. We have every right to be. We are all angry about the same ...
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Life, love, sex, ladybugs and blogging!
on April 15, 2013, at 2:49 p.m.
This weekend, as I sat struggling between end of the semester deadlines and wanting to write a particular blog, I became aware that I suddenly had guests in my apartment. The warmer weather has woken up the ladybugs. Every room I went in one of them seemed to be following ...
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Life, love, sex, ladybugs and blogging!
on April 15, 2013, at 2:49 p.m.
This weekend, as I sat struggling between end of the semester deadlines and wanting to write a particular blog, I became aware that I suddenly had guests in my apartment. The warmer weather has woken up the ladybugs. Every room I went in one of them seemed to be following ...
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BDN Bloggers, that’s right baby, we’re giving it up for free!
on April 07, 2013, at 12:43 p.m.
This morning, per usual with my morning coffee, I opened the Bangor Daily online to read today’s news and was excited to see that a good portion of the coverage on the front page online was written by my fellow bloggers. Amy Fried, Matthew Gagnon and Ethan Strimling were all ...
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Something important is about to happen!
on April 03, 2013, at 6:34 a.m.
Two conversations with friends this week have me thinking about expectations and fear. One friend is experiencing unexpected disappointment in his life. The other is experiencing unexpected joy. Both are terrified about the outcome and probably for good reason! Fear is your body’s way of saying “pay attention, something important ...
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Mom, I’ve got this! Or our relationships with our adult children!
on March 29, 2013, at 4:03 p.m.
This month, in their continuing series on all the relationships in our lives, Karen and Jim will discuss our evolving relationships with our adult children. Way back in 1984 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child, I went to the bookstore and bought almost every single ...
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And just when you think it can’t get any worse, the dog dies . . .
on March 25, 2013, at 8:45 a.m.
You ever have those weeks? No I mean those weeks, when so many things go wrong you almost can’t believe it! NO I mean a really bad week! Seriously, in the last week I’ve had some stuff! Not only did I have the brand new and unexpected experience of having ...
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Need financial advice, go to an accountant. For the really important stuff, go with your gut!
on March 20, 2013, at 4:36 p.m.
Very often, I’ve used the phrase that I was making a decision by “going with my gut.” Recently, I’ve started to think about what that really means. It turns out there is lots of research out there to back up your ability to make decisions quickly with your unconscious mind, ...
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Up And At ‘Em Girls! Or Relating to Our Bodies in Middle Age.
on March 15, 2013, at 2:44 p.m.
In part two of our continuing series on all the relationships in our lives, Jim and Karen discuss our relationship with our bodies in middle age. Jim started out the discussion in part one “Relating to our (Groan) Middle Aged Bodies.” This week Karen shares her thoughts below. When Jim ...
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Life: One part pain, two parts joy. Some assembly required.
on March 09, 2013, at 12:24 p.m.
Life is unpredictable, we all know this. Even if most of us didn’t need a reminder of that, news in the past few weeks has left some people unsettled. I mean there are things you can plan for, but despite your best laid plans you can never anticipate a meteor ...
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Wounded and Emotionally Unavailable. Yeah, I’m talking to you!
on March 01, 2013, at 9:29 p.m.
Okay, single guys, this one is mostly for you. I’m sorry if its slightly sexist but recent surveys have found the opinions expressed here to be very true, keep reading though, you may learn something! Really, I’m on your side! Now I thought the blog I wrote about online ...
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Parenting advice … from a liberal!
on Feb. 23, 2013, at 12:01 p.m.
Now if you are not a liberal, and yet are continuing to read this, you were warned in the title so I don’t want to hear about it later! I am by no means a parenting expert. I was only 19 when my oldest was born and 46 when my ...
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Focus on the most important person in your life and stop feeling guilty about it – you!
on Feb. 16, 2013, at 12:06 p.m.
Recent long hours at both work and school have had me thinking a lot about work-life balance. Of course, even though I am now in the most time consuming professional job I have ever had, it is really nothing compared to my biggest job ever: motherhood! It is often the ...
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Realizing I’ve found something better than a heart shaped box of chocolates!
on Feb. 08, 2013, at 7:56 p.m.
Recently, I was chatting online with my twenty-three year old daughter. We had been talking quite a while when she finally said “Mom you never answer the really hard questions” and having actually just answered several questions I asked her what she meant. She said, “You know, the really hard ...
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For me, there is no compelling reason to be friends with my exes!
on Feb. 02, 2013, at 2:46 p.m.
In the next installment in our series on all the relationships is our lives, Karen discusses our relationships with our exes! Stay tuned for Jim’s response in part two. Recently, when Jim, Brigitte and I got together to discuss the next few installments in our blog series, I discovered something ...
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In a perfect world . . .
on Feb. 02, 2013, at 2:44 p.m.
*every once in a while I like to recycle an old blog for those of you who haven’t been following me long. Sometimes it’s because it was a really good one, and sometimes it’s because I am just really, really busy. This is one of those! ”I’m fairly certain that ...
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