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I had hopes that 2018 would usher in a kinder, softer year that would take it a little easier on our emotions.  Those hopes have already been dashed as I learned yesterday of the untimely death of Dolores O'riordan, lead singer of the Cranberries and 90s rock icon.  There have been a few celebrity deaths that have been hard to take but I must admit that this is one of the most difficult for me.   I was in early high school when their first album broke through the airwaves and we were offered a bright, lilting, feminine alternative to the mostly male dominated rock scene.  Sure, there was other women making music but there was something special about the Cranberries.  I spent hours with that first CD, Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We.  The dark cover, a photo of the band on a small sofa was simple and straightforward but somehow comforting.  No Need To Argue, released the next year was the bright counterpart.  The same setting, the sam...

The last number of years have been leading me through a process of self discovery.  We often hear about the teenage years as being the time when people figure out who they are.  Maybe I'm a late bloomer but I have recently been going through a time of soul searching and self examination.  After every new phase of life I feel altered in a way that changes me as a person.  In 2017 I hit a milestone.  It's possible that turning 40 has been a big factor in my introspection and soul searching or it could be that I am having a mid-life crisis!   Whatever the cause, this time of self analysis has lead to a new understanding of my place in this world, as a wife, as a mother, as a Christian, as a woman.  I am waking up to the consequences of the decisions I have made previously in my life as well as the possibilities that still remain. I consider myself a fairly rational and level headed person but I am also extremely empathetic and emotional.  There a...