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"It has come to this.  I am adding &amp;quot;breathe&amp;quot; to my to\u2013do list. I have started writing it on my calendar. On a Monday: Bank Library Recycle Breathe On a Tuesday: Lausche medication Meet Toby\u201312:30 Open gate for meter guy Breathe On a Wednesday: Card to Tim Lowe&amp;#039;s Call garage door guy Breathe On a Thursday: Well, you get the picture. Breathe, D.G., breathe. I tend to make too much ado about too much to do, and in so doing, I figuratively flatten my tires. Unless I add &amp;quot;breathe&amp;quot; to my list of calendar imperatives, I may find myself abandoned by the side of the road, or in someone&amp;#039;s driveway, up on blocks. I know. Who am I to be discussing &amp;quot;too much too do&amp;quot; with my paltry little four\u2013thing to-do lists? I agree with you. Who am I, indeed? I hark back to years of yore; my pack lunch, drive carpool, dress up, commute to work, work, commute home, pick up daughter at friend&amp;#039;s house life. &amp;quot;Open gate&amp;quot; was not a biggie, then. Not like it seems to be now. I think I forget to breathe because I try so hard to be responsible. Years ago, I just was responsible. These days, some days, being responsible seems like another chore. So I list &amp;quot;breathe,&amp;quot; and being responsible, every day I do it.  My garage door is fixed, I sent the card, Lausche is, for another month, happily heartworm free. Breathe in, breathe out, I put on my coat and head for the door.  D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com.  Photo credit: Marcia Smilack "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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