Fran Braga Meininger
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 9 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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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