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Happiness

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“Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” ― J.M. Barrie I took my car in for a routine oil change this week. And I left feeling incredibly thankful to be alive. I won’t get into the details of it, but as it turns out,…

I have been struggling for the past few days – and more accurately, the past few hours – to write a new post. The problem isn’t with ideas – those are flowing freely. I’ve got ideas for posts about everything from identity and connection to fear and loneliness percolating in…

“Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Every time I open the squeaky screen door to my grandparent’s lake cottage, I feel a little bit like I am stepping back in time. Part of me feels like…

Yesterday morning I sat outside on our back deck, coffee in one hand, pen in the other. Since it was Sunday, I had turned off my computer, cell phone, television, and quieted some of the external noise. The internal noise, however, lingered. I was anxious about a phone call I…