Studies in Hope | A CLOSE READING OF THE EVERYDAY
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Grief Looks a Lot Like ‘Crazy’ in ‘Dead to Me’ [Modern Loss]
IMAGE: SAEED ADYANI / NETFLIX I watched the trailer of "Dead to Me" a few weeks ago while I was scrolling on Netflix as a reward for my morning yoga class. I debated watching it at first because usually loss isn't portrayed very acurately, but I often like to see if...
Simple Things
"In our deepest self we keep living with the illusion that we will always be the same." Henri Nowen "It's really very simple," my late spiritual director, Gladys, once said to me. She was talking about how she lived each day, waking up, having a written conversation...
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What My Tween’s ‘Mid-Childhood Crisis’ Taught Me About Mid-Life [Scary Mommy]
At midday the descent begins, determining a reversal of all the values and all the ideals of the morning. C.G. Jung My daughter and only child, I realize one day, is in the middle of her time with me. In another nine years she will be in college....
Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories? [New York Times]
Excited to be on the New York Times site this am thinking about technology and its possible impact on our children's memories: Here's an excerpt. Head to the site for the full piece. Oliver Sacks wrote in his posthumous book of essays, “The River of Consciousness,”...
Continuous Living
"Anxiety turns us toward courage, because the other alternative is despair." Paul Tillich I've claimed "seasonal affective disorder" for years, and that may be so, but I'm starting to realize it's not only summer to fall that is hard for me. It's winter to spring, and...
On Procrastination
“God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo Along with the decluttering reading and course I embarked upon earlier this year, and in part to understand the root of the...
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