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When the long-awaited email arrived it was filled with phrases like, we’ll “take care of the rest at our leisure” and “at the end of the day it’s only $150 more for them, but saves me a lot of hassle.” Having asked the buyers of our home to split the cost...
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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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“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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Early in our marriage it became clear that too many one-on-one game nights would ruin us, since I’m terribly competitive and an incredibly poor sport. Being poor newlyweds, we didn’t own a TV and couldn’t afford to go to the...
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It was the end of the academic year, spring ripening toward summer. She circled the small dorm room, two, three, four times, her eyes pausing to measure each object before passing on to the next. Her long hair was wrapped in a floral bandanna, her...
