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Thank you Wayne Dyer
I was rushing around Sunday night getting my girls settled before the start of Bachelor in Paradise (please refrain from judgment) and I was looking for toothbrushes. My little Mary does not understand why, in her perception, I’m “always asking her to brush her teeth”. I explain that asking her to brush twice a day…
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The Heartworks Cure for Boredom
Anybody who really knows me knows better than to ever say to me “Hey Megan, I’m bored.” Because they know that if they tell me they’re bored, my head will pop off my shoulders and I will start rambling off a list of world needs and all my ideas about organizations, groups and efforts they…
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Cynthia’s Win and Getting My Ass Out of Bed
This morning I had one of those mornings that everything just felt too much…too much loss…too much suffering…too much lack… too much pain…. too much too much too much. Between the diagnoses and issues happening for people I love, the loss currently being experienced in my town AND at Heartworks AND on the news, it…
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A Hike I Didn’t Hate
When Eddie and I lived in Colorado and our friends had people visit them, there was always a lot of talk leading up to these visits that focused on which bike ride, hiking trail or rock climb they were going to do when their guests arrived. When people visited me, the talk leading up to…
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Every day is someones best and another’s worst
The day Eddie and I realized I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, was April 20, 1999. This was the same day the Columbine School shooting took place in Littleton, Colorado in which 2 seniors killed 13 people and injured 21. The two boys then committed suicide. Being only 42 miles away from the shooting…
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Let Go of What Was
We are in full-blown yard sale mode here at the Heartworks House, hence the whole theme of “letting go”. (Get it? Cause we are all going to be getting rid of stuff? Clever right?) So the sign outside the house now reads: LET GO OF WHAT WAS This phrase reminds me of last year’s yard…
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Accept What Is
The sign outside the Heartworks House this week reads ACCEPT WHAT IS If I were a person driving past this sign on my way home from a 2 for 1 deal on Big Macs at McDonalds and was thinking about something I was struggling with, I would roll down the window, whip one of my Big…
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The Star Ledger
April 12, 2015 – Mark Di Ionno Spirit of kindness lives on long after 9/11 MEGAN McDOWELL is of two minds. There’s a part of her that wants to create a peaceful, “sacred space” for spiritual reflection. And there’s a part that says, “Let’s just get this (expletive) done.” There’s a side that says people…
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What’s Your Wilson?
Anybody who has known me for a long time knows that I am not, or at least was not, a dog person. I have never understood why when I walk into people’s houses they think I like touching and being licked by their dog (among the other awesome dog greeting habits). When I have been…
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Megan’s Speech at Our Tailgate Fundraiser
I have been asked to post the speech I read at our tailgate tasting fundraiser event on January 23, 2015. My greatest hope is that it encourages you to review your own life and use your own heartache to reach out to someone else. “So…Heartworks has completely changed my life in more ways than I…