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Fran Braga Meininger
Jul 11, 20193 min read
Life Goes On
Yesterday I experienced one of those moments of “ah ha” that are usually chalked up to coincidence. But I prescribe more to the school of...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Jun 29, 20193 min read
Bloom Where You're Planted
Bloom Where You’re Planted As life goes on over time, we change, everyone does. Sometimes, we drift off course caught up in a tide of...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Jun 14, 20193 min read
What's the Good Word?
When I was a young girl, I had a neighbor named Frank. Frank was handsome, statuesque, intelligent, cheerful and terminally ill. I grew...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Jun 5, 20192 min read
I Understand
Walking my dog in the park one early morning, I encountered a man doing the same. I put my dog on her leash and stepped off to the side...
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Fran Braga Meininger
May 30, 20192 min read
The Buck
The Buck On a late afternoon ride, I stumbled upon a small plaque I’d never seen before. I walked my bike on the pedestrian sidewalk to...
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Fran Braga Meininger
May 16, 20193 min read
Looking Back to See the Future
Looking back on the path that brought me here, to this precise moment in this exact spot, I realize how each seemingly insignificant...
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Fran Braga Meininger
May 10, 20194 min read
Embracing My Creative Identity
I stumbled across what seemed like an intriguing coincidence this morning, considering how exposed I felt at times last evening, watching...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Mar 11, 20194 min read
What a Common Cold Taught Me About Life
It started as a simple cold. I had a date with a friend who warned he had a bit of a sore throat and perhaps, we should postpone. Feeling...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Knocking on Life's Door
It’s harder as we get older. It seems people have even more reasons now to shut the door in our face. The world sees us as spent and...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Sep 28, 20182 min read
Sunrise or Sunset?
“A sunrise and a sunset look pretty much the same. It all depends which direction you’re facing.” That’s it for today, my attitude and my...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Sep 6, 20182 min read
Driving Myself Through Life
I need a new coffee cup. This one has so many chips the handle is about to snap off in my hand and drench my lap with my favorite...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Sep 6, 20182 min read
A Black or White Existence
A black or white mentality has always been my issue, according to other people, that is. I have found it clean, well-organized and...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Aug 26, 20181 min read
My Year of Running Wild
The time has come. I’ve been responsible and cautious for six decades. And now, I really have nothing to lose and everything to gain by...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Aug 11, 20185 min read
Of Wooden Spoons and Comfort
I know I’m not the only woman who loved her grandmother. But I am the only woman who loved my grandmother as I did. She was to me, the...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Oct 17, 20179 min read
Lessons Learned in the Face of a Wildfire
I watched as the gust whipped the oaks above me, sleepless with worry, expecting at any moment to hear the crack of a branch crashing...
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Dedicated to Michelle
Oct 2, 20172 min read
My Friend the Butterfly
Upon sending out the announcement of my new blog to everyone I know, love, have ever met, worked with or shared a moment in time, as...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Sep 29, 20172 min read
Unraveling
I’m that old sweater. You know the one. We all have it, stuffed in the bottom drawer or the very back of your closet. It’s been there...
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Fran Braga Meininger
Sep 29, 20172 min read
My Inner Child Just Turned 62
There is a child embodied in us all. We are born with it. It lingers longer with some of us than others, our young, unencumbered self....
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Fran Braga Meininger
Sep 29, 20173 min read
Essential Insights for the Men of the World on Behalf of the Women Who Love Them
Good morning, Gentlemen, please have a seat this will take a few minutes. I’ve asked you here to explain something that is long overdue...
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