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I guess I've never said this to you before, but I've always thought I'd like the spaces I invite you to share with me to feel like a deep sigh. A place to catch your breath. Even when we're working our way through tough topics, I want you to feel safe, welcomed, held, and honored. You …
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On the treadmill this morning, I started to say to myself, something that sounded like, "I'm so glad 2016 is gone, gone, gone. 2016 sucked!" But then I looked around me and something about seeing all of those people at the gym, early in the morning—huffing and puffing, sprinting and loping, lifting …
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Rachel Britz is someone you should know, and I'm happy to host her here today, on the blog. She's the author of Good-Bye Lover, a novel which released this month. I have mad respect for fiction writers. And, I have a special place in my heart for fiction writers who can also bake and decorate an …
In the morning, before I swing my feet from beneath the sheets and onto the hardwood floor, I check my phone. The dog stretches in the corner of the room and then the back half of her body begins its gleeful back-and-forth to greet the day. We always say she's the type of dog who would betray us if …
As a child, I frequently suffered from canker sores. Have you ever had one of those? They can be nasty. Most of the time, my canker sores were the result of brushing my teeth so passionately that the toothbrush slipped and stabbed me in that space between my gum and the inside of my cheek. The …
At the beginning of each day, you step into the world and, if you’re lucky, you avoid the news and the bickering and the sensational soundbites. You step across the remains of yesterday with a mug of comfort in your hands and you avoid that one floorboard that creaks when the weather slides just …
