There have been moments recently where the beauty of life brings me to my knees. Life teaches me — over and over again — that the human heart has a capacity for healing far greater than I could ever imagine. I’ve seen people rise up from the ashes of extraordinarily tragic circumstances, grow wings, and fly once again. I’ve seen people look in the actual face of horror and loss,…
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We choose pain because we know it.
Read moreI’d first heard about Harlow’s Monkeys in a high school psychology class called Human Behavior. There, we scratched the surface. It would not be until later at university that someone would explain it to me in no uncertain terms, the nightmare of it. The images—video…
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Losing a Pet
Read moreFor the past two weeks I’ve been intensely struggling with Mika’s death. Long story short, she was my baby. I raised her from a tiny kitten. I considered her a daughter and not a pet. She was an inside/outside cat. She was a hunter. Sometimes…
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Forget Resolutions, Let’s Talk About Weakness
Read moreWhether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. Weakness—we all have one (or three or fifty). Whether you’re Superman, me, or you—you know what it is. In fact, you’ve probably got a few of them. Mine (in no particular order) are:…