The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange

By Jill Davis Doughtie
To whoever suggested make your own taco night: Thank you! They loved it. We had crunchy taco shells, corn tortillas and flour tortillas. We had grated mild cheddar cheese, chopped lettuce, hamburger, pinto beans, tomatoes and Pace picante sauce. It was nostalgic for me and G — we both grew up with [...]

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Steve Pavlina: Whatever You Fear, You Must Face - “The reward for facing fear is that you get to be fully alive. When you turn towards your fear, you feel the breath of life blowing straight at you, and it’s very refreshing. You feel awake and energized. It’s not that you become an adrenaline junky. [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Appetite, Honesty, Vulnerability, Flexibility, Kindness, Courage, Compassion, Nerve, Openness, Appetite…
This is a circle of words I made years ago. Together they feel like they balance and feed each other and keep life clean and open and full of possibility.

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“Happiness isn’t for tomorrow. It’s not hypothetical, it starts here and now. Down with violence, egoism and despair, stop pessimism. Let’s pick ourselves up. Nature has given us extraordinary things. It’s not over yet, nothing’s decided.” — Salif Keita

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By Jill Davis Doughtie
G’s parents have been visiting from out of town. Last night we all stopped by Kathy’s house, and as the grandparents were saying goodbye to Chris and Jack, Jack yelled out, “Group hug!” We’ve never done this before, as long as I’ve been in the clan, but we all circled up: G, [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

We’re plotting something.

I told you we were bad women.

Yep.

(Photos by G.) (But we’re not flipping him off. We’re just being Kumbaya rebels.)
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Jennifer Wolf: Top 10 Ways to Rebuild Trust With Your Ex - “9. Visualize a Positive Future - Visualization can be a powerful tool in creating the future you want for your children and yourself. Instead of focusing all your energy on what has not gone well in the past, create an image in your [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Photos by G.
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By Katherine Shirek Doughtie
This morning I woke up thinking about the word “permission.” It’s a really interesting word when you open up the hood.
The “per” part is way cool — it means “through,” “thoroughly,” “utterly,” “very” — as in “pervert,” “pervade,” and “perfect.” (All my references, by the way, I got by clicking [...]

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By Jill Davis Doughtie

Here we are prepping for our singing-Kumbaya-while-braiding-each-other’s-hair photo shoot.
Actually, we were preparing for a cat’s cradle photoshoot — G’s mom is an artist, and she wanted a few pictures of us playing cat’s cradle together to possibly use for a painting she was thinking about. After the cat’s cradle pictures, we took [...]

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