December 2, 2016

Duke Newletter. And Happy News.

Duke University Medical Center featured Sarah’s story this week in their inhouse newsletter which is sent out to about 25,000 Duke employees.  The story is below.…

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November 28, 2016

Dare Challenge Thanksgiving 2016

Before I start writing about our sixth year of hosting the Dare Challenge men for Thanksgiving, let’s start with a bit of painting-the-kitchen-induced messiness.  Because we just can’t truly appreciate a lovely space until we first see it in all of its disarray. …

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November 25, 2016

Where Seventeen Went

WHERE SEVENTEEN WENT First posted in 2009 As I sat down last Sunday at the table in my parents-in-law’s dining room, I couldn’t help but think back to the first time I had ever pulled a chair up to their teakwood table. I was just seventeen years old. Seventeen. Was I ever that young? Because now as I find my place again at that table,…

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November 21, 2016

Coughs, Art Deco and Egg Shells in the Paint

As you know, Thanksgiving will be here in three days which for most people means that it’s time to find the turkey platter, iron the tablecloth and make all things orderly.…

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