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    That Time You Learned Your Lesson -- Free will...friend or foe?
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Aug 14, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Learned Your Lesson -- Free will...friend or foe?

    But I was doomed. And that became the day I learned what “guilty by association” meant.
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    That Time You Told Them To Eat It -- Going from disaster to disaster fabulous
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    That Time You Told Them To Eat It -- Going from disaster to disaster fabulous

    Can I say “eat it” to my child? Probably not. So I told it to her straight with a little drag.
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    That Time Your Middle Finger Saved the World -- Your hand in ending a soapbox society
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time Your Middle Finger Saved the World -- Your hand in ending a soapbox society

    They were exhausted, close to hating each other, and definitely plotting my demise -- presumably by way of a rabid guinea pig.
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    That Time You Were Caught (In a Game) -- Time's tricky tug-of-war
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Jul 3, 2020
    • 6 min

    That Time You Were Caught (In a Game) -- Time's tricky tug-of-war

    Thirteen years had come and gone, but heading down the drive after my pilgrimage, reminded of what wasn’t mine anymore.
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    That Time You Didn’t Force It -- A father’s advice in the midst of a nightmare
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Didn’t Force It -- A father’s advice in the midst of a nightmare

    The three words that pulled me from a chronic nightmare
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    That Time You Went Rogue -- It’s not the destination, Kid. It’s the journey.
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 8 min

    That Time You Went Rogue -- It’s not the destination, Kid. It’s the journey.

    Some of us are visionaries. And some of us are visionary overlords.
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    That Time You Fell Down the Rabbit Hole -- When being yourself is the thrill of a lifetime
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    That Time You Fell Down the Rabbit Hole -- When being yourself is the thrill of a lifetime

    I wanted to be different because at the crux of every phase was the truth that I didn’t really know who I was enough to “be myself.”
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    That Time You Were the Omega Dog -- What humans can learn from pack mentality
    Annie D. Stutley
    • May 29, 2020
    • 8 min

    That Time You Were the Omega Dog -- What humans can learn from pack mentality

    Maybe wolves and dogs aren’t assholes after all. Maybe they’re more like the rest of us?
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    That Time You Made “The Face” -- Why we can’t accept compliments
    Annie D. Stutley
    • May 21, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Made “The Face” -- Why we can’t accept compliments

    When did a compliment go from fabulous to icky?
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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 Hustled in Fuzzy Socks -- A Pocket Pep Talk
    Annie D. Stutley
    • May 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    That Time You Hustled in Fuzzy Socks -- A Pocket Pep Talk

    The perfect bite-sized read for anyone whose self-limiting attitude is preventing an unstoppable spirit.
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    That Time You Let Down Your Hair — When we are the villain in our own story
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 8 min

    That Time You Let Down Your Hair — When we are the villain in our own story

    And I, her kidnapper, had held her captive for so long that I’d forgotten what it was about her that frightened me.
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    That Time You Cursed Like a Toddler -- The wisdom of a foul mouth
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Apr 22, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Cursed Like a Toddler -- The wisdom of a foul mouth

    You can always find another word for "very". And sometimes that word is the F-word, frankly.
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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 Went From Zero to One -- Women can have midlife crises too
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Went From Zero to One -- Women can have midlife crises too

    I had to look like I was in control even while out of control, like a drunk who says, “I got it!” even as she trips over her own feet.
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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 Had Tea with the Queen  --  When good manners are more than a gesture
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Mar 18, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Had Tea with the Queen -- When good manners are more than a gesture

    "I hit send on my comment and wondered if accepted social norms are forcing out the kind of manners my grandmother drilled into me..."
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    That Time You Were The Woman--The real gender trap that we don’t talk about
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Mar 10, 2020
    • 7 min

    That Time You Were The Woman--The real gender trap that we don’t talk about

    The awful truth of why women don't get elected President
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    That Time You Would Rather--When perspective is found within a Porta Potty
    Annie D. Stutley
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 6 min

    That Time You Would Rather--When perspective is found within a Porta Potty

    Though it may appear my writing is in the toilet this week, I promise this ridiculous story is both true and has a deeper meaning.
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