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It started with a lean and reach until both hands grasped the first metal bar, then the long, lean body followed, swinging to build momentum, spindly legs pumping as though wading through the air. Every day of kindergarten my daughter practiced the monkey bars...
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I left the house in a huff of anger and frustration, pulling away from the curb without a plan. I wanted quiet and space and a place to use my computer and phone, but beyond all of that I needed to be near water. I needed to sit and watch it moving,...
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“Where there’s surrender, synchoronicity tends to follow . . .” Cynthia Bourgeault After binge-cleaning and crashing with an episode of Glee late the night before, we woke to the sound of the twins hooting and hollering in their cribs and the...
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I heard a thump as the van rounded the corner and looked up to see Jack and Annie slide down the windshield landing tucked behind the wiper blades. They were followed shortly by Ivy + Bean as I slammed on the brakes and leapt out of the driver’s seat. The...
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My participation in Oasis’ Journey into Silence began with two days and nights of prayer, silence and solitude spent journaling, wandering and re-collecting myself. Then I returned home to the ocean of intensity, chaos and noise that typifies life with four...
