Leslie Dunn - The Slice (Page 3)

Jul 16, 2023 Parenting

Raise a child who feels rich(even if you aren't)

If I wanted to raise children who felt like…no, who knew they could take on the world and win, I had to stop giving them messages that diminished them and instead give ones that made them feel significant.

Jul 12, 2023 Random Abandon

Stop waiting for the right time

I realized the implication of finding it there, in the box, in the attic.” She hesitated, then continued. “My mother never wore it for him. Not once.” With no trace of bitterness, she added, “I bet that she was saving it for a special occasion.”

Jul 10, 2023 Quiet Heroes

Rage Ninja

My mother transferred my handicapped fat butt to six different schools. Each one added doses of bully poison that eventually killed the little girl I once was.

Jul 10, 2023 Random Abandon

What kind of beautiful are you?

What these three ladies have in common is thin lips, lips that didn’t stop Bruno Mars ("...that white gold"), Brad Pitt and Prince William from proclaiming the beauty of these women.

Jul 4, 2023 Random Abandon

The estate sale

And then there was you, Jenny. Keeping each morsel you bought and made for your children, reminders of your life that you could touch and hold. Living in this house, surrounded by a mountain of memories that remain after you are gone. Now strangers hold your memories in their hands...