What To Do When Everything is Hard
Pandemic fatigue is real. I recently sat in a restaurant with one of my best friends. Tears in my eyes, I said, “I’m just
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April 24, 2021
Pandemic
7 Reasons Not to Jump Right Back into the Dating Pool Post-Pandemic
I know, I know–you’ve been waiting for things to “get back to normal” so you could finally start looking for your next
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April 23, 2021
“Was” is the Wrong Word
Ever since my mother crossed that golden bridge where flesh becomes dust and soul becomes light, people have been referring
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March 9, 2021
The Sacred Rite of Touch
I spent September 2019 to June 2020 doing a hospital chaplaincy residency in Minnesota, many miles away from my family in New
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January 20, 2021
An Ode to Eggnog
While Covid has changed many things about this holiday season for the worst, thankfully there are some things that remain the
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December 24, 2020
8 Holiday Cookies That Are Sure to be a Hit
We all know that this holiday season is going to look a little – or a lot – different this year thanks to the
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December 16, 2020
Dear Men: Women are Tired and Need Gifts
Dear Men, You don’t know this, but your relationships with women are in trouble. I know this because I am a woman. I hang
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November 24, 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
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
