Take Things as They Come.
Musings
On easing our way through grief: take things as they come.
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Losing Tilly.
Essays
Reflections on losing my dog, Tilly, and what's been helping me through this time of…
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Worry Dolls + Endings.
Essays
Musings on accepting the death of my high school friend through writing, through "doing what…
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Our Lives as Mosaics.
Essays
A musing on the notion that our lives are mosaics of the people we love.
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Living by Asterisms.
Essays
Musings on finding signs in my life: "Do I go looking for signs of the…
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Not Alone.
Essays
Musings on Jack Gilbert's poem "Alone," and on the way we chase the memories of…
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The Art of Losing.
Essays
An essay on loss -- the big kinds and little -- and reflections on how…
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Weekend Vibes, Edition No. 306: An Uplifting View on Grief.
Musings + Essays
Weekend vibes: my new denim haul, this week's most popular finds, and an uplifting view…
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Weekend Vibes, Edition No. 299: How’d I Get this Hallelujah?
Musings + Essays
Weekend vibes: Christmas outfits for mini and me, the most popular items on Magpie this…
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I (Still) Don’t Want Anything to Change.
Motherhood
Musings on change -- accommodating it, living through it, and why it feels so scary.
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Meanwhile the World Goes On.
Musings + Essays
Musings on a re-reading of Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" poem.
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