Loved looked so simple when I was little. I love you, and you love me back. But somewhere between our first Valentine's Days and the grown up ones, love gets complicated. Shifts in society further change things, so that fewer people find "their someone" or make vows to stay once they're found. ...
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Two Sundays and 7,370 miles separated them. At the first venue, I sat wrapped in a shawl, seated in a plastic chair on a tile floor. They served chai in dixie cups outdoors. At the second, I wore jeans, seated in a padded seat before a large stage. They served coffee with flavored creamers in a ...
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Content has a predictable curve in our times. Entering a new decade, I felt like we should be more creative, but online conversations followed familiar patterns coming into the new year. So many invitations went out offering ways to "follow" this or that. We can't possibly follow it all. Maybe it's ...
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Have you already been with family or friends? Did it hurt? It doesn't take much to make a holiday hurtful. You don't have to be family to injure each other; you can be friends. Triggers may come while planning the menu, agreeing on gifts, cleaning up dishes, asking about relationships, picking out a ...
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You might be one of those who told me you're worried about family hostility on family holidays. Regardless of how we decorate or dress up, being together matters with family and friends. But being together might belong on your "give it a try" list instead of the "give my thanks" list. You might have ...
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