How 2020 Helped Me Become a Better Human
Oprah equates life to a classroom. Our experiences and relationships are “lessons.” We have boundless opportunities to
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December 27, 2020
Essays
Choosing an Intention Word Each Year Helped Heal Me
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. Every January 1st, I politely yet firmly invite the whole New Year’s resolution machine to
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December 26, 2020
Please Don’t Dig Deep
I’ve always had this thing where I feel like if I’m going to show up, I have to put the show into it. Like it’s not enough to
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December 22, 2020
Always Root for the Underdog
The reason there is an underdog, is that there is also a “top dog” –back in Victorian England, where many things
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December 18, 2020
Why “Daylight Savings Time” Should Just Be “Time”
I’m a night-person. Always have been. Just ask my grandma how, at age oh…6, I’d growl and bury my head under the covers when
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November 1, 2020
Embracing Different
I was 20 weeks along in the pregnancy with my third daughter when I experienced one of the biggest curveballs of my
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October 29, 2020
The Kitchen Aid Mixer and Community Connection
I gave away my Kitchen Aid mixer, and I liked it. I could hear the collective gasp when I did it. A young mom in our
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October 24, 2020
Alzheimer’s Took My Mom’s Life. The Pandemic Took Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you decide? Could you
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October 11, 2020
No Ordinary Love
The square-cut cubic zirconia at the center of the ring offends my minimalist sensibilities. Jewelry should quietly accent
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September 28, 2020
The Vulnerability of Joy
Joy feels very vulnerable to me right now. This was a statement I wrote on Facebook, one status of many throughout the day on
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September 26, 2020
