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An Unhurried Traveler

By Pam Molnar My husband and I drove from Chicago to Los Angeles – twice. No, we didn’t travel along Route 66 in a fun sports car with the wind whipping through our hair. We drove on the interstate in…

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What Traveling Taught Me

By Tammy Darling When an opportunity to travel comes my way, I don’t turn it down. I love going on new adventures, seeing new things, and even revisiting favorites. Most of my traveling is done stateside, but I’ve traveled internationally…

June 2024 – Letter from the Editor

We’ve all been asked the question: “If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?” As a kid, I would say places like Montana or California, daydreaming about what life would be like elsewhere. But, as I’ve…

May 2024 – Letter from the Editor

As we sat down as a team to create this year’s editorial calendar, this particular issue was one I was most looking forward to. “Empowered women empower women.” Such a simple statement, yet it carries so much weight. To me,…

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“Just a Mom?”

By Tammy Darling A while back a good friend confided in me that she was struggling with being “just a mom.” I knew exactly what she was talking about. Our circumstances were vastly different; she was a young mom with…

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Teachers We Remember Most

By Mary Pikul Most everyone can remember a time that they were inspired by a teacher. They often make our world, our minds, and our perspectives open up to a new view of possibilities. How do they do it? Are…

Mental Health Awareness Month

By Cassie Cacace For many people, therapy is associated with being “broken.” I put this in quotes because that couldn’t be further from the truth! While it’s normal to seek therapy when we face challenges, we can also use therapy…

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Honoring the Sacrifice: Reflecting on Memorial Day

As the warmth of spring envelopes us and the scent of blooming flowers fills the air, our thoughts turn to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May…

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The View from the Bench

By Mary-Lane Kamberg I love basketball. And I’ve spent years watching the game. First as a Kansas Jayhawks fan, then as a basketball mom, then a basketball grandmother, and finally cheering as my daughter Johanna coached a high school team.…

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How Life Evolves

by Erika Hoffman Connection! Part of the reason I write is to connect with others—unknown humans whom I might not encounter in my daily life; yet they might be soulmates with mindsets more akin to my thinking than those homo-sapiens…

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Finding Myself Better Than Where I Left Off

By Pam Molnar I started a five-year journal on New Year’s Day 2020 because my 50th birthday was the following week. It was the year that my oldest child would graduate from college and my youngest child would graduate high…

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A Little Music Box

By Susan Sundwall I had barely opened my eyes when I heard the sharp rap on our big front door. I was glad my husband was already downstairs making the coffee, but I couldn’t imagine who had come to see…

A Letter from Our New Owner

Hi Sasee Readers! I’m so excited to share our first issue of the revitalized Sasee Magazine with all of you. Before you dive in, I wanted to formally introduce myself as the new owner of Sasee. My name is Haley.…

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Sea of Pink

My niece had invited me to join her and her mother at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. For a country girl, a trip to downtown St. Louis with its snarled traffic and large crowds held no appeal.…

To Be a Woman Is to Be a Warrior

“Do not let cancer define you but let it inspire you to help others.” – Michelle Apple RD, LD – As a registered dietitian who has made a career in helping with nutrition and wellness, Michelle Apple’s battle began in…

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Girl Power

Sitting, waiting at the Toyota dealership for three hours for a routine maintenance and annual inspection of my husband’s SUV, before we can pay the taxes on it, I saw a woman approach me. She stopped directly in front of…

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Battle of the Breasts

“Goodbye, girls. Sayonara, sistas.” It was the morning of what would be an eleven-hour bilateral mastectomy, hysterectomy, and reconstruction surgery. It was the start of the biggest fight with myself. A battle of vanity and dependency, I prematurely assumed I…

Maxey…Our One-Eared Pirate

“I once was a Pirate what sailed the ‘igh seas—- “  T.S Eliot’s Cat Morgan This pitiful matey literally washed up on our porch during a coastal downpour. He was drenched and looked like a skeleton with barely enough fur…