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Marriage Is a Credit Card

by | Dec 21, 2015

Marriage Is a Credit Card I've been getting some strong reminders lately about the importance of planning. Very strong. The core lesson keeps repeating itself: skip the upfront planning on something important, and things can go badly wrong. Do a little work ahead of...

Choosing Not to be a victim

by | Dec 10, 2015

Choosing Not to Be a Victim Last week's post is missing. Where did it go? It got wiped out by two weeks of negative internal chatter and a brain stuck firmly on the worst-case future. When I finally climbed out, this week's post showed up on its own: your victimhood...

Waiting to See What’s Revealed

by | Nov 26, 2015

Waiting to See What's Revealed I have a friend with two decks of cards, Life Cards and Angel Cards. Every so often she pulls them out of the cupboard, and we each draw one from each deck without looking. The whole thing takes about ten minutes, but it drags us back...

Day Zero

Sep 2, 2015 |

Day Zero I've been thinking about loss lately, and how it drops a person into a stress so heavy it's often easier to just go back to whatever you were doing before and pretend the loss isn't sitting...

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My days these days are mostly advocacy, with my kids always first, and hiking, biking, and cold plunging worked in whenever I can. Winter cold plunges aren’t for everyone, but there’s a strange kind of beauty and calm in it that I’ve come to need.

Separation was a journey. It took time, and it taught me most of what I know now.