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    Recovering
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 5 min

    Recovering

    I apologize! It’s been way too long since I’ve written. No, I have not been abducted by aliens.
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    The Struggle is Real
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Struggle is Real

    The Struggle is Real. I always know the end of summer is coming when I hear the cicadas’ song. This insect always have both terrified and...
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    Feeling Stuck
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Feeling Stuck

    I’ve been trying to settle down to write you a regular article all day, but it’s just not happening. I woke up at 3:30 am, brimming with
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    Gratitude in Action
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    Gratitude in Action

    Miss me? What a crazy month! I'm looking forward to having some quality downtime over the Thanksgiving holiday. I’m grateful for four day...
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    Working up the Nerve
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Nov 9, 2019
    • 6 min

    Working up the Nerve

    I was nominated by Saunders and Cash for an Entrepreneur of the Year award. They had these characters made of us. They gave me quite a n...
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    No Shame
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Aug 17, 2019
    • 7 min

    No Shame

    I used to think I look fat in this picture. I’ve been fat my entire life. The reason I know I’m fat is that people have been telling me s...
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    Appeasing the Travel Gods
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 8, 2019
    • 5 min

    Appeasing the Travel Gods

    The Independence Day holiday couldn’t have come at a better time! While lots of people are taking this time to travel, the break is just wha
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    Speaking Our Voices
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jun 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    Speaking Our Voices

    My favorite quote of all time is by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich from an obscure academic article she wrote in 1976: "Well behaved
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    Well, That was Crappy!
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • May 19, 2019
    • 6 min

    Well, That was Crappy!

    Raise your hand if you’ve had a crappy week. That’s what I thought. I don’t know what’s in the air, but this past week seems to have been ha
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    Holiday Blues Survival Guide
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 5 min

    Holiday Blues Survival Guide

    We’ve always been led to believe that the holidays are a joyous, magical time of year. A time when families come together, and everyone i...
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    Thriving Through Chaos
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 5 min

    Thriving Through Chaos

    I’ve given and lot of thought into what I want to write in response to everything that’s been going on the past few weeks in the politica...
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    Life or Death
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 28, 2018
    • 6 min

    Life or Death

    This isn’t the article I intended to write this week, but sometimes things change. Especially when it comes to life and death. Thursday e...
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    Heart Broken
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • May 25, 2018
    • 5 min

    Heart Broken

    Isn’t it funny what you remember from a picture, and what other’s see when they look at it? Recently, I posted this picture of myself fro...
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    Pity Party
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Mar 2, 2018
    • 5 min

    Pity Party

    Alright Modern Women. I have a confession to make. I’ve been depressed. Some days it’s all I can do, not to act like this little girl: Th...
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    Gratitude or Platitudes
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Nov 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    Gratitude or Platitudes

    Forgive for being so predictable, in writing about gratitude this week. Since Thanksgiving is nearly here, being thankful is on my mind. ...
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    Supporting our Sisters
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Oct 18, 2017
    • 4 min

    Supporting our Sisters

    What could be better than celebrating our friendships with the women we love most?
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    Lessons Learned
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 19, 2017
    • 5 min

    Lessons Learned

    Did you miss me? I’ve done something I haven’t done in a long time – I went on a 12-day vacation! Well, some of it was a working vacation...
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    All the Feels
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jun 10, 2017
    • 2 min

    All the Feels

    My heart is heavy this week. Wednesday afternoon, we lost an amazingly fierce woman, Patsy Terrell. I didn’t know Patsy well, but her dri...
    101 views0 comments
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