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A ritual for morning grounding and summoning tears of joy
Get up before everyone, and then lay in bed for a few extra minutes. Put on your headphones, and play Hozier (or whatever music speaks to you). Put on a warm and fuzzy sweatshirt…
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Summer Check In: 8 months
If getting through January is like watching concrete dry, then August is like pouring honey into a cup of tea; it’s golden and sticky and sweet, and while it looks slow and lazy, it…
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“The Point” of K-Pop Demon Hunters
If you don’t have young kids who watch TV in your life, then it’s possible that you haven’t heard of K-Pop Demon Hunters this summer. However, if you do have a child in middle…
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Influencer
I hope you had a beautiful weekend. The last weekend of July is usually a big one. There’s lots of festivals, happenings, and get-togethers. This past weekend we celebrated my mother-in-law Martha’s life and…
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Death on Vacation
It’s been challenging to write weekly over the summer. Partially because my daughter is home with me everyday and alone time is more scarce, and also because my brain is constantly boiling and after…
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‘Tis of Thee
There was a very specific moment in my life when I formed my idea of what America means – what she is. I was a junior in college, and because I was almost done…
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Big Spring Project
Of all my firsts, my big clothing drive was the biggest, and I just finished it. It was a massive commitment. I started collecting in May, and finally delivered the goods on June 21.…
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Knots
I remember my dad packing a bunch of something in the back of a truck with me. I don’t know if it was one of the many times I moved, or a vacation, or…
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Tangibles and Intangibles
This week, my husband pointed out that our kousa dogwood had its first ever blossoms. Several years ago my mother-in-law, knowing that I really wanted one, came to visit and presented me with a…
Rediscovering magic in the everyday.
A Year of Firsts 