Tag: Mental health
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A Mountain Hike and Messy Middle
The late summer light is giving way to fall, like the slow turning of a dial. Everything is muted and yellow-gold. The light comes slanting gently into the kitchen at 5:00pm when I’m wrapping up my work day. There is a calm after storms, when all goes quiet. Such is (more…)
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Life Is Not A Race
The water was almost as warm as the air: 81 degrees. When I stepped into it my feet squelched into the soft sand at the edge of Walden Pond. My hair was cinched tight in a bun on top of my head under the pale purple swim cap. My trusty (more…)
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The Façade Comes Crashing Down
1. The news is so awful. 10,328 Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war a month ago.1 And 1,400 Israelis.2 (more…)
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Life As Rehearsal
Yesterday I found myself leaning against the kitchen sink, sipping coffee, looking around the apartment, and thinking to myself: Things will be good when… we’ve hung up all the art that’s currently wedged between my dresser and the wall. When the frames we’ve bought are actually holding that art and (more…)
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To Take Back A Life
Yesterday morning I woke up angry. I had the feeling I had lost the past several weeks of my life to work. It was like I blinked and weeks had passed, and work had been done – and wedding planning and some sleeping – and not much else. (more…)
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