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When a family of goats started showing up a couple of hundred feet from my front door to graze on my lawn, it was flat “no” for me. Most of my family…
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After 25 years of marriage, including a ridiculously amicable three-year separation ending in a failed divorce, successful reconciliation and subsequent…
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What’s more terrifying than finding out that you have been conscripted to go to war? Finding out that the opponent with whom you are warring is actually…
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It takes only one social gathering spent catching up on the lives of friends and family to realize that we all must reckon with the choices we make. The…
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I stopped believing in the God I’ve been taught. Yep, I did; I lost his number. You know the one, the big, masculine, white-haired fellow lying on a bed…
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Imagine that you and one other person are left on earth, with everything of value and of perceived value having been burned to dust. As you stand around…
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You’ve changed. Lodged as criticism by someone whose opinion you value, this statement can rock you back on your heels. Its delivery has the effect of a…
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I had an encounter today with a stranger in which kindness was not the option selected among several. A point of contention arose because I had parked…
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As a rule, we Westerners learn to become highly capable, independent adults. Society tells us our worth based on our contribution. In other words, we…
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I approached with a sense of sanctity as I knew I was walking into something special. I had seen this corner decked out in celebration of one holiday…
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Why We Should Laugh and Cry at Our Pain A few weekends ago, I was outside my using the weed whacker for the last time this season when my daughter…
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