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Summer Reading
This summer has certainly been a full one, with unexpected and exciting transitions (more on that later), finishing up graduate school, and my internship. However, there is always time for reading.
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Graduate School & The Bathroom Sink
One evening a couple of weeks ago after a particularly long week of graduate school work I came home, dropped my bags at the door, kicked off my shoes, and darted to the bedroom to change into pajamas. As I passed through the hall, a smell stopped me in my tracks. It was the delightful…
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Stories
One of the profound and beautiful gifts of life is its natural tendency to weave itself into a story. No matter if we try to do this, are ashamed of our story, or don’t think it’s a very interesting one, it is there, and it’s there waiting to be told.
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I’m Afraid
When was the last time you felt afraid? Today? Last week? Maybe you’ve decided to not welcome fear and instead are angry? Fear comes come because of a difficult decision, a devastating sickness, a broken relationship, or can just bring an overall sense that something is wrong. Fear is sometimes manageable and sometimes completely suffocating.
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What My Grief Taught Me
Do you remember a time when you thought 40 was old? As a child, everyone over 25 seemed so grown-up, so mature and 40 seemed like a ripe old age. Yet, as life goes, it doesn’t take hardly any time to realize that 40 is not very old at all.
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Hemingway (not the dog)
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway I promise I didn’t (fully) choose this quote because it’s by Ernest Hemingway, my collie’s namesake. See picture below. Isn’t he just the cutest? I realize that I’m a little over the…
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Weighty and Meaningful Fruit
When I began my blog, I made a commitment to try to write something at least once a week (I’m making no public promises). However, I’m realizing (only in week 2) that all of those lovely ideas that were once floating in my head that would make ideas for great blog posts are completely gone.…
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Shalom & Laundry Day
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver I woke up today with it feeling a bit like Christmas morning. Something about the new year, I suppose. I love a new beginning because it is a second chance.
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