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    Nurturing Gratitude and Hope for the Holiday Season and Beyond

    by Jacqueline Jannotta November 11, 2022

    Sometimes it feels like I’m holding the sky up with one hand, while juggling sandwich-generation family matters in the other. I know I’m not alone. Between our keeping Democracy alive and maintaining mental, physical and community health during turbulent times, living life on auto-pilot is not an option in my opinion. 

    Given the challenges we’re facing, I like to think that I do a decent job of walking the fine line of being a realist plus a hopeful optimist. And I’ve found some best practices that get me through these days with less drama and more groundedness. So in advance of the stressful season that is the winter holidays, I wanted to share some of them. I *know* they’ve made a difference in my life and I’m sure they can make a difference in yours.

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    Are You Concerned About Democracy?

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 22, 2022
    September 22, 2022

    Raise your hand if you worry about the survival of democracy in the United States. I see you. Given the recent “Trump years” of fascistic bullying in the American government,…

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    We Can Do So Much Better Than Spread Handmaid’s Tale Memes

    by Jacqueline Jannotta May 24, 2022
    May 24, 2022

    To all those who care about women’s rights, I have a favor to ask: Please stop spreading The Handmaid’s Tale memes. You know, those ones where women are dressed up…

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    Breaking Free from the Grand Religion that Ensnares Us All

    by Jacqueline Jannotta April 11, 2022
    April 11, 2022

    The Muslims have Mecca, where millions gather every year for the Hajj. The bulk of Christianity has the Vatican, overflowing with believers at Christmas and Easter. And the world has…

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    Homage to a Ukrainian Ancestor with a Hope for Peace

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 26, 2022
    February 26, 2022

    My husband’s grandfather, Louis Lipsky, immigrated from Slavuta, Ukraine 117 years ago. He left his native land for the US to escape violent pogroms, poverty, and war. Forty years later,…

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    Tired of a Polarized Country? You Can Help Change It.

    by Jacqueline Jannotta January 31, 2022
    January 31, 2022

    When I started this blog, I promised myself I wouldn’t use any lightning-rod words that tend to send people scampering off to their narrow cultural corners. That included names of…

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    What I’ve Been Up To Lately: Wrestling with Reality

    by Jacqueline Jannotta December 9, 2021
    December 9, 2021

    I hope everyone is enjoying the season of gratitude & light, despite the challenges all around us. This post is a break from the usual theme of Becoming Better People…

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    Yes, And…

    by Jacqueline Jannotta October 6, 2021
    October 6, 2021

    At the height of the 2020 BLM protests, I commented on a thread in an Italian-American Facebook group that sparked fury. Statues of Christopher Columbus had been vandalized across the…

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    The Melee of Motherhood

    by Jacqueline Jannotta August 25, 2021
    August 25, 2021

    I’m not a fan of using militaristic terms and even try to avoid using gun terminology that’s woven into idioms. But ironically, it’s motherhood—or at least the push to become…

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    Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation

    by Jacqueline Jannotta July 14, 2021
    July 14, 2021

    “Liam got his period,” my middle-school-aged daughter casually mentioned. That was about five years ago, and it was the first time my brain circuitry fritzed around gender expression. When I…

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