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Sara Marchessault

3 tips & 7 ideas to get away

There’s a great line at the beginning of the movie Gladiator, when the character Maximus asks his servant if he finds it hard to do his duty. The servant replies that some of the time, he does what he has to do, and the rest of the time, he…

What do you need to get away from?

Recently, I got away. Away from meetings, from major responsibilities, the local news, the national news, the social media posts about the news, the videos of cats, kids, cats & kids, the leftovers, the drawer in my fridge that really needs to be cleaned out, but continues to hold onto…

It’s still October, right?

The week before my daughter’s birthday she and I ventured into our local craft store to buy goodies for her party. When we walked in, my daughter-who-loves the stage cried out loud and clear: Oh. My. God. Mom, do you see all this? Don’t they know…