As I came to map out the work week with Sheri this morning, I made space to sit at the dining room table that looks out on the forest, reclaiming an edge from her paper collage experiment. I make efforts to be gentle and remind her not to apologize. It’s not the laptops and cellphones we should be making space for,
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Do you do New Year’s resolutions? I sort of do. I set some intentions based on who I want to be, goals I’d like to accomplish, and barriers I’d like to overcome. It’s nothing super specific or targeted. But this year, with one girl just entering the ‘tween years and one full-fledged teenager, there’s a certain urgency to get busy
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“Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard. It’s one of the hardest things that people do.” -William Zinsser When people find out I’m an editor,
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What if this short message could absolutely deliver what you really want this Christmas? Do you know what that is? What do you really want? Deep down, we all want the same thing. But so often we don’t know it until we can get quiet and listen to our deeper hearts. In fact, I think just doing that–just saying no to the destructive
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