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A Cab Driver Who Appeared as if from Nowhere

August 9, 2017Donna HighfillBlog4 comments

I had a fever of 102° and stood in front of the hotel terrified that I was going to be late for a series of interviews. It started the previous day . . . Once my plane landed at LaGuardia…

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Here’s Some Honesty For You

March 16, 2017Donna HighfillBlog11 comments

My last post was several weeks ago, in which I declared that I was going to be more honest in my writing. Then I wrote another blog that was neutral, bland, and had a happy, blah message. Honesty isn’t as…

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Laughter is My Hero

January 10, 2017Donna HighfillBlog4 comments

My favorite scene in “Mary Poppins” involves the man who loves to laugh so much he floats to the ceiling. Then the children catch the levity and join him there. Even as a kid, I wanted to be on that ceiling….

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A New Year in Old Clothes

January 2, 2017Donna HighfillBlog4 comments

I welcomed the new year in my sweats from 1985. They still fit, but only because the elastic exploded in 2005. There is a hole around the upper right thigh, and the white string was sucked into the waistband five years…

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Why I Will Face the Fall

September 14, 2016Donna HighfillBlog10 comments

There’s something about the fall that makes me feel relieved and bummed out at the same time. Even though my kids are adults now, I still feel the relief seep into my soul when I see my first school bus…

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Stumbling Starts with a Thought

August 2, 2016Donna HighfillBlog2 comments

“Sometimes girls just fall.” This observation came from my daughter in highschool when an aggressive soccer player repeatedly tried to take her down. It was near the end of the game when I saw the girl, who was twice the size…

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The Power of Yearning and Earning

July 20, 2016Donna HighfillBlog2 comments

I wanted a purse that I had found in a grocery store more than anything, but my mom refused purchase. She said she could not spend six dollars on a plastic purse when she had groceries to buy. I was…

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A Dr. Pepper Explosion and the Power of Laughter

June 2, 2016Donna HighfillBlog2 comments

I stood there with Dr. Pepper streaming off my face, dripping from my hair, and decorating my ceiling. I had dropped a can on the floor and it exploded all over me and my brand new kitchen. At first I…

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Goodnight, House

May 5, 2016Donna HighfillBlog10 comments

We did it. We downsized, moved out of our home, and moved our son into an apartment — all in thirty days. Due to the significant loss of space that accompanied our downsizing, we harshly assessed the incumbent furniture and dispatched…

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What is Home?

April 15, 2016Donna HighfillBlog2 comments

When change comes knocking, we want to go home. I remember living in a rundown house in California in which the cabinets were comprised of plyboard held together by contact paper. The bedrooms were so tiny I envied my hamster in his…

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The Need for Speed

April 7, 2016Donna HighfillBlogNo comments

  I remember the need for speed line from the movie Top Gun, and wish that I were talking about flying a jet. Instead, I am talking about this middle-aged woman obtaining enough raw energy to fuel me through downsizing, two moves,…

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Change is Strange

March 17, 2016Donna HighfillBlog8 comments

  I teach people about change all the time, yet fail to remember the impact until it slams into MY gut. We are leaving our country home of eight years. It is a home that is beautiful, tranquil, and one about…

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Storm Troopers

March 1, 2016Donna HighfillBlogNo comments

  I sat with my husband, son and dog in the closet, buffeted by decorative couch pillows that had no chance in hell of standing up to a tornado. But thanks to ‘toppers,’ we also would have needed the Hulk…

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The Power of Small

February 18, 2016Donna HighfillBlog12 comments

  We stand in awe of big moments. Our breath is taken by the presence of magnificent mountains; we feel the power of eternity when gazing at vast oceans; we look up in wonder at the Redwoods. We supersize our food and buy…

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