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A Good Goddamn Grownup Woman

A Good Goddamn Grownup Woman

Real talk about Noah from the Netflix hit, "Nobody Wants This". Also, I'm grown up and ready to settle down.

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Now that I’m 42, I’m ready to make bigger commitments and take on more responsibility. Here’s what I’m manifesting:

1. A DOG

Last week I had lunch with a friend and as I was driving her home, she said she’d had a vision of me getting a dog. A protector dog. I’d been having this vision too, accompanied by an unfamiliar pull to open my heart a little wider.

“I know the dog you should adopt. He is the most beautiful Doberman and his name is Noah,” she said, and I screamed. Because just the week before, I was driving around with a different friend, talking about the show Nobody Wants This, and how amazing Adam Brody’s character, Noah is.

“You just need a nice Jewish boy named Noah,” my friend said. I agreed, and a strong energy propelled me to proclaim this wish out loud:

“Universe! For my birthday, please send me a Noah!”

The only Noah I could think of was the one with the Ark. Then I got distracted by the logistic of that Ark story. Did the animals fornicate on the boat and if so, how did it …

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