Every time after one of these shootings, I go through the same stages of outrage. The first is on...
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Thanks + Giving
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , Family, featured, Mom, Music, Uncategorized, Violin, Giving, gratitude, joy, Music Therapy, paying it forward, Thanks, Thanksgiving, 0I was recently blown away by an example of giving, in the form of paying it forward. It started...
Everywhere is Charlottesville: Which Lane Will You Pick?
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , Chicago, featured, Politics, AAU Basketball, Charlottesville, Crazy Sports Parents, Heather Heyer, Kids sports, Nazis, Racism, Speaking Up, Standing Up, Trump, White Privilege, White Supremacists, 4So how are you doing after last week? Let’s see, we had the threat of nuclear war, tiki-torch-wielding Nazis...
The Sound of Silence
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , featured, Mom, Music, Reading, Uncategorized, Violin, Writing, alone time, getaway, quiet, silence, silent retreat, soothing, 0There is not much in my life that is quiet. Certainly not my home, with young kids and a...
My Skanky Oar Debut
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , "Vacation", Chicago, Family, Family Adventure, Music, Summertime, Uncategorized, Violin, jam session, Jupiter Florida, Serendipity, Skanky Oar, Violin, 0I just had a career milestone I would like to share with you all. Recently, I made my violin...
That Time We Went On Spring Break With Tom Cruise
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , "Vacation", Family, Family Adventure, Florida, Goose, jigsaw puzzles, Maverick, SGI, Spring Break, St. George Island, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun 2, 0We’re home this year for spring break because I had a couple of shows and my husband has some...
Our Plan Worked: My Meeting With Peter Roskam
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , Chicago, featured, Politics, 6th Congressional District of Illinois, Fake It Till You Make It, Glen Ellyn Illinois, IL06, Peter Roskam, THere's No Place Like Home, Wizard of Oz, 5Last week, we got our Daylight Savings-tired selves out of bed super early, braved the snow and cold weather...
Facebook Friend Request: Accept or Deny?
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , Chicago, Politics, Cabin Fever, Facebook, February, Friend Request, Matinees, Old Boyfriends, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Winter Blues, 0February sucks. February in Chicago sucks even more. February in Chicago under a newly installed regime that has you...
Time To Get Off Our TrumpButts
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , Politics, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing, Donald Trump, Muslim Ban, Pope Francis, Refugee Ban, Refugee Crisis, Steve Bannon, 1Trump’s first week in the Oval Office was purposefully provocative, attention-seeking, destructive, sloppy and chaotic. And he took us...
Grief Is Funny That Way: The Holiday Edition
Lynn LaPlante Allaway, , Family, Moms Rule, Alzheimer's, anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, Christmas Blues, grief, Grief during the holidays, Grieving While Parenting, Moms, 0My Mom’s birthday is tomorrow, the fourth birthday of hers since she passed away. Each year it does get...
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