Ten years ago, my birthday. I am visiting a friend in New Hampshire. It is unseasonably cold for early October;…
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Quiet work
Remember that poster in your high school guidance counselor’s office? The one with an airbrushed photo of some generic sunrise…
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A brief friendship, a lasting memory
Her doctor told her she had, at best, two years to live. That was nearly twenty-five years ago, when Kathy…
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Practice
The theme of my life this winter can be summed up in a word: practice. Two-thirds of the way through…
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Unimaginable
We sat around the kitchen table after dinner last night — my son Henry, my husband Steve, and two of…
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Wholeheartedness practice — and a book for you
Last week, I wrote about wholeheartedness, a word that truly seemed to pick me, rather than the other way around,…
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