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I Hugged Until I Couldn’t Anymore

I Hugged Until I Couldn’t Anymore

by Ann Garvin | Jul 28, 2020 | Feel Better Little-by-Little, Love, life, & Living, Pay It Forward, Uncategorized | 81 comments

I Hugged Until I Couldn’t Anymore. I’m a hugger. I like to hug. I typically, but not always, give a warning like, “I’m coming in for a hug.” There’s usually time for the huggee to get their arms up. But, again, not always. Sometimes it’s me hugging people the...
Worry Is What You Do

Worry Is What You Do

by Ann Garvin | Apr 16, 2020 | Feel Better Little-by-Little, Love, life, & Living, Pay It Forward | 30 comments

Worry is what you do… (If you want to hear me read this 4-minute piece you can listen here: https://inside-stories.simplecast.com/episodes/inside-stories-covid-19-stories-2 I’m at about 2:38.) My daughter called yesterday. “Mom, They’re running out of gloves and...
Lift Don’t Suppress Others

Lift Don’t Suppress Others

by Ann Garvin | Mar 8, 2019 | Love, life, & Living, Pay It Forward, Writing and Publishing | 0 comments

Lift Don’t Suppress Others. Thirty-five Years After How to Suppress Women’s Writing In 1983, the University of Texas Press published Joanna Russ’s landmark “How to Suppress Women’s Writing”, which enumerated and elaborated on the many ways women writers had been...
Can I Pick Your Brain

Can I Pick Your Brain

by Ann Garvin | Mar 8, 2019 | Love, life, & Living, Pay It Forward, Writing and Publishing | 0 comments

Can I Pick Your Brain? The Fine Line Between Giving Back and Getting Paid The right connections in publishing can jumpstart your career and make the journey more enjoyable. But there is a fine line when asking for a favor (or a freebie) and networking. This panel...
There Are No Others: a more excellent state of being

There Are No Others: a more excellent state of being

by Ann Garvin | Jun 19, 2016 | Feel Better Little-by-Little, Girl Effect, Pay It Forward | 0 comments

There Are No Others: A More Excellent State of Being…hard but true. Something happened that turned me from someone who cares about others to someone who cares for others Something happened that turned me from someone who cares about others to someone who cares...
Demco And My Little Free Library Journey

Demco And My Little Free Library Journey

by Ann Garvin | Aug 13, 2014 | Love, life, & Living, Pay It Forward, Writing and Publishing | 3 comments

I just took a lovely walk with Demco and I want to tell you about my little free library journey. I’m a girl who has had library-love her whole life. Before I could read I sat in the library moving my lips pretending. I wanted people to think I was a prolific...
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