“I’ve been hurt so bad and I still love so hard. I admire my heart for that.” –Alexandra Elle, Words from a Wanderer Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year–all of the days of darkness have been leading up to this…
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// leaning into joy
Read moreThere are three ways to deal with a problem, I think. Lean into it. Lean away from it. Run away. You lean into a problem, especially a long-term or difficult one, by sitting with it, reveling in it, embracing it and breathing it in. The…
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Seasons, Rain, Success
Read moreWe were walking today, and even though it’s the height of summer, the berries are already starting to form on the bushes. It reminds me that the bright berry days of autumn aren’t far away. In our favorite craft store, the summer decor has already…
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Heart Spill: Magical Seeds & Wild Dreams
Read moreThere are seven seedlings growing in my windowsill. A couple of months ago, I filled eight little cups with potting soil. I stuck my finger down into each one to make a hole. Then I dropped a pinch of seeds into each hole and covered…
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Actually, I can.
Read moreFor the past year and a half, I was stuck. I had one foot in the past and one foot in the future. I may as well have been standing knee deep in a vat of solid concrete. I could not move. Sure, in my…
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Spring & Strength // Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
Read more⇻⇻ “Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” ⇺⇺ Back in the cold dark of winter, I chose my word for the year — strength. (You can read about that here.) In the winter, strength is an easy concept. Here in…
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The Raggedy Madness of Our Actual Lives
Read more“I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot…
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Put on your oxygen mask before helping others.
Read moreI’ve been wanting to write this post forever. I’ve started it in my head countless times. I kept stopping though, I could never get it out. I want to say so much and I want to say it well. It’s just that the message is…
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Write Hard and Clear About What Hurts :: Part One
Read moreThe past three weeks of my life have been good. I am healthier and happier than I’ve been in a very long time. But rewind to the twelve months that came before this, and it was a completely different story. A year ago, my life…