Of all the places I go, "here" is the hardest place to be. You know how it is—you're present physically and mentally, when an unexpected, uninvited bit of news invades the place and interrupts the people you're with.
With a single notification, we're physically "here" and emotionally someplace ...
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“Women are the same around the world,” the speaker said with a smile from beneath the lights on the platform. Her pants were ironed into a perfectly straight crease, falling just high enough to reveal creamy leather mules. She stood tall, shoulders poised confidently for the cameras that would ...
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Over the last year I received calls and read messages that started with, "We have some news." I always catch my breath as I wait for the new, heart-brimming parents to share their joy in "expecting." A new baby, a new life, given to a growing family with the promise that everyone will "grow." I love ...
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Congratulations, mama. You’ve done it. You’ve brought a new life into the world, and your heart is likely fuller—and your eyes likely heavier—than ever before. But amidst the baby bliss and the hazy midnight feedings, something else often starts to creep in: the noise of other people’s opinions. ...
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After a flight, a ferry, and a drive through the pines, the haven felt far away from the fury of the morning news. Cold, salty wind filled my chest in one deep breath. Sea gull sounds mixed with tidal rhythms in a peaceful background track so different than the loud worries of the world. It was all ...
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