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That Time You Were Not Exceptional--Three holiday stories and a lesson on limits

Annie D. Stutley

Dec 16, 2020
8 min

That Time You Were Not Exceptional--Three holiday stories and a lesson on limits

Three stories that reveal the one thing you should know about limitations

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That Time You Were a Stump -- Boundaries and "The Giving Tree"

Annie D. Stutley

Dec 5, 2020
7 min

That Time You Were a Stump -- Boundaries and "The Giving Tree"

Is it a story of generosity and unconditional love, or (and I truly hate to ask this) is the giving tree an enabler and a chump?

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That Time You Cleaned Up -- "It’s not what you LOOK like. It’s what you DO like."

Annie D. Stutley

Sep 25, 2020
7 min

That Time You Cleaned Up -- "It’s not what you LOOK like. It’s what you DO like."

I needed to give the impression that we were an ideal candidate, not just clean, but desirable.

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That Time You Changed Things Up -- The phrase you didn’t know you needed to hear

Annie D. Stutley

Sep 18, 2020
4 min

That Time You Changed Things Up -- The phrase you didn’t know you needed to hear

We’re still not sure what the phrase actually meant at its origin. The words are entirely contradictory.

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That Time You Knew Enough -- Coming-of-age as told by a mother for her daughter

Annie D. Stutley

Aug 20, 2020
6 min

That Time You Knew Enough -- Coming-of-age as told by a mother for her daughter

I can’t help but ask if she’s setting herself up for just another one of life’s manipulative phases...

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That Time You Still Gave May the Middle Finger -- When 2020 hands us its beer

Annie D. Stutley

May 13, 2020
9 min

That Time You Still Gave May the Middle Finger -- When 2020 hands us its beer

The following is a Tale of Two Mays….

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That Time You Were the Grinch That Stole Easter -- Lessons from traditions under quarantine

Annie D. Stutley

Apr 15, 2020
7 min

That Time You Were the Grinch That Stole Easter -- Lessons from traditions under quarantine

There are things I can’t control -- like holidays during a quarantine.

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That Time You Plugged the Drain -- How being a sorority advisor (almost) broke me and also saved me

Annie D. Stutley

Mar 31, 2020
10 min

That Time You Plugged the Drain -- How being a sorority advisor (almost) broke me and also saved me

Opportunity sits you down, pulls up a bar stool and has a heart-to-heart. You either listen, or you go straight down the storm drain.

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That Time You Weren’t a Homeschool Mom --
When a government mandate creates strange nostalgia

Annie D. Stutley

Mar 24, 2020
8 min

That Time You Weren’t a Homeschool Mom -- When a government mandate creates strange nostalgia

But was homeschooling my kids going to be what killed me? It was only the first day and already I’d gone from Mommy to Mommy Dearest!

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That Time You Were Unequipped--How ashes in a fry pan taught me about love

Annie D. Stutley

Jan 21, 2020
6 min

That Time You Were Unequipped--How ashes in a fry pan taught me about love

This is Frances's story, and I hope it makes the importance of love unquestionably clear.

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That Time You Remembered Show and Tell--Why the fight is sometimes harder than the battle itself

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Remembered Show and Tell--Why the fight is sometimes harder than the battle itself

Why the fight is sometimes bigger than the battle

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That Time You Surrendered Loudly--Why what lies beyond the standard curriculum is vital

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 21, 2019
6 min

That Time You Surrendered Loudly--Why what lies beyond the standard curriculum is vital

Why an arts-filled childhood saves lives

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That Time You Gave May the Middle Finger--Are we pushing for too many memories in one month?

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 21, 2019
6 min

That Time You Gave May the Middle Finger--Are we pushing for too many memories in one month?

Why the month of May makes me salty

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That Time You Ousted Sheryl--Why we hate winners or what my black tooth is telling me

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 21, 2019
6 min

That Time You Ousted Sheryl--Why we hate winners or what my black tooth is telling me

Why we hate the winners

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That Time You Were Taboo--Sex and “The Talk” that shouldn’t end in health class

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 21, 2019
5 min

That Time You Were Taboo--Sex and “The Talk” that shouldn’t end in health class

Are we making sex a taboo topic? And is it to blame for intimacy shyness later on.

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That Time You Talked to Boys--Why sons are vital to the story of daughters

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 20, 2019
4 min

That Time You Talked to Boys--Why sons are vital to the story of daughters

Why we need our sons in the women's movement

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That Time You Didn’t Grow Up--Why toddlers know best

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 20, 2019
4 min

That Time You Didn’t Grow Up--Why toddlers know best

We may be older, but toddlers know better. Here's why...

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That Time You Were Stuck in the Middle--The secret weapons of middle children

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 19, 2019
4 min

That Time You Were Stuck in the Middle--The secret weapons of middle children

Do middle children have a certain secret weapon?

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That Time You Saw Possibility--How to summer all year long

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 19, 2019
3 min

That Time You Saw Possibility--How to summer all year long

What makes summer so sweet? And can we make the sweetness last all year?

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That Time You Peaked Again--My greatest heritage from Mom

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 19, 2019
4 min

That Time You Peaked Again--My greatest heritage from Mom

When Mom went to grad school in her fifties, I had no idea how her gutsy move would benefit me.

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