Tag: Family
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Just Keep Moving
Last Saturday, my mom walked 22 miles with her friends as part of an annual event at her gym called Day of Endurance. I’m beyond impressed with her and her friends, both for the walk itself and for the months of training they did to prepare for it! So I (more…)
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2024 Year In Review
Good morning, my dear ones. I’m at my parents’ house and all is quiet. The tree stands quietly, brightly, next to the grand piano. Outside it’s snowy. It may actually be a white Christmas this year in Wisconsin; it’s been many years since we had that. I’m taking advantage of (more…)
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What Knits Us Together
Sometimes I want to write to you, The People, and I don’t know exactly what to say but I can start with the rich green of the trees in May in Boston or the stacks of boxes and chaos in my apartment the week before we move to our new (more…)
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Where’s Home To You?
The table is still going strong. It’s a good table, and it’s held up all these years. My parents got their kitchen table for $50 at a garage sale thirty years ago, when they were students at Boston College. That was for the table and four chairs. A month ago (more…)
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Magnificent, Decadent Cakes: My Letter From Love (Part 2)
Last week I shared my Letter From Love, based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s practice of writing letters to (and from) Unconditional Love, which she’s been sharing on her Substack newsletter. This is part 2 of that story; I recommend you go back and read my letter before diving in. (more…)
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