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Awkward question from neighbor how daughter and I look nothing alike
Daryn's Blog, Family, Good News, Parenting, The Hard Stuff

Neighbor’s question shines light on our different family

“Where do you get your pretty blue eyes from?” a neighbor asked Daughter, looking at her and then over to me. “Certainly not from you,” she peered into my dark brown eyes. Daughter and I both paused. We travel through our daily lives like most mothers and daughters, loving and annoying each other. It’s moments like these that make us stop. They remind us of what was so obvious to the neighbor. We look nothing alike. They remind us that our family

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poinsettia plant lives on
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Rescued Poinsettia plant takes root in husband’s undying love

It’s the kind of love you root for.      You know that top notch person you adore who just hasn’t found her person?      That was the story with an old friend and work colleague of mine.      The beauty of social media as we lived in different cities and took different career paths meant I could follow along as she found love later in life.      This friend’s new husband clearly adored her. That was evident from the photos

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Daryn Kagan with Kuwaiti soldiers
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My mother made me do a crazy thing before I left to cover a war

(I’m pulling out a column from way back in honor of the brave journalists covering the mess in Ukraine.) 10 years later I still can’t believe I did this. But, I guess when your mother catches you keeping one of the biggest secrets of your life, you do as you’re told. Rewind the tape to 2003 when President George W. Bush had declared the US would invade Iraq. If you remember correctly, he just didn’t say exactly when, which, it

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Daryn and youngest daughter at Howard University
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When the tears and time come too quickly

I spoke too fast.      Maybe I was simply defensive.      Husband was so sure the answer was, “Yes.” I wouldn’t be surprised to discover the family was placing bets on the “when?”      The question was simple.      “Did you cry?”      Who, me? I resemble that reputation Me, who has the reputation in this family of being the crier?      Especially at the milestones.      Like the time I cried when I took our daughters to get their

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Daryn's best worst day shows her running in front of a graphic mural.
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How my best worst day put me right where I didn’t know I needed to be

As bad days go, it was one of my worst in a long time. I say that knowing in the greater scheme of things, I have nothing to complain about.      Usually, I can reset the day by focusing on something I am good at.      But on this day, everywhere I turned, I seemed to be disappointing someone.      A client.      A family member.      A friend. Enough is enough      I made it until 3 pm when

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Traveling nut spoon will carry memories and stories across many generations.
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Traveling nut spoon carries stories never to be forgotten

There is so much to go through.      A Dear Reader is packing up a lifetime.      There is so much to give away, to sell, to find a home for, and sometimes to just let go.      There’s the dining room table, the scene of a lifetime of joyous gatherings. None of her kids have the room or the need. Such tough choices      And so, she will let it go.      There are the folders and file cabinets.

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The excellent reason I lied to my husband
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The excellent reason I lied to my husband

I lied to my husband this week.      Which sounds awful and horrible.      Judge me, if you must.      But first consider this:      It was all for a good cause.      And,      And,      He told me to. How we got to the lie      It was one of those mid-January snowy gray weekends. Both daughters are gone.      Just Husband, Pup, and I at home doing the kind of chores and tasks no one wants to

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My panties on the porch. So, there’s a story…

There was a perfectly good explanation.      Daughter would call it horrifying.      It started out simply enough, as these embarrassing stories often do.      Somehow, Husband and I convinced Daughter to take a walk with us last weekend. We leashed up the pup and headed out. Hiding the house key      Because we wanted to travel light, Husband hid our house key under an outdoor couch cushion.      When we got back from the walk, Husband picked up the

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Can I keep chasing after the one I love?
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Can I Stop Running After The One I Love?

Can we save them from dangerous choices?      I knew it was a dangerous thought as soon as it popped into head.      “What will I write about this week? Not much has happened.”      This is always, without fail, when something happens.      Something big. Trouble ahead      It was Sunday evening. The sun was setting, tucking in a quiet weekend. Husband down in the yard working out on his weight bench.      Pup by his side.      Until

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If you had the chance would you go back to your old life?
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When Your Past Invites You To Come Back

It was the call I’d waited for so much of my career.      It felt like it dropped out of the sky late this summer.      A new news organization reached out a saying they wanted to discuss an opportunity.      I thought they would want me to produce uplifting and positive content, after all this is what I’ve been doing since losing my job as a network news anchor.      They had bigger ideas.      Much bigger.      “Would

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