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Tag Archives: fear

Invitation to Discomfort

August 9, 2019by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

For the first time since the slaughter of the children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, hearing news made me cry. Make no mistake there has been a nonstop […]

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Current Events, Politics, Uncategorized

Cowardly

February 10, 2015by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

I asked my daughter what she might say to help a friend have the courage to do something new even though they were scared. After clarifying that the scary thing […]

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Philosophical, Writing

Now What?

November 25, 2014by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

UPDATE: November 25, 2019 Much remains the same since I wrote this post back in 2014, and some are actually worse. One thing that is better (and worse) is a […]

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Current Events, Politics

Running

April 16, 2013by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

Writing about violence is much like writing about rape. As a culture we understand the definitions but it gets fuzzy when we move from the general to the specific, or […]

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Current Events

29

February 8, 2013by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

I responded today to a quiz that a friend put on my facebook wall. I usually ignore these kinds of things but I was stone cold bored with sitting alone […]

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Feminism

Fear

December 21, 2012by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

It is such a short trip to the land of fear. It is one of those places you can get to from just about anywhere. The predictable response from the […]

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Current Events, Parenting, Politics

Snob

June 15, 2012by Amanda Shaffer Leave a comment

I flew Southwest Airlines for the first time in my life yesterday. The experience was unexpected to say the least. The only point of reference I had was flying People […]

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