Tag: family
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How Much Do You Love Me?
How much do you love me? Every day, I ask this question—I think we all do. We want to know. How much am I loved? How big and how high is the love that my people feel for me? And the answer can’t be just words. It’s not enough to say, “To the moon and…
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Family Values
FAMILY VACATION I’m on vacation this week, bumming around the beaches of North Carolina with my immediate family. This is an annual occurrence, and we have rhythms and patterns of behavior that we follow. But this year, my high school best friend and her family also joined us. And the whole experience has me contemplating…
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Happiness in the Holidays
AM I DOING IT RIGHT? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to find happiness in the holidays. Around this time of year, a regular topic of debate arises in our culture: what is the best way to do the end-of-year holidays? This debate comes with many questions. Here are just a few. And…
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Do You Ever Have Those Days?
Do you ever have those days where you just don’t really know what to do with yourself? You have things to get done, sure, but you also have a little free time, and you’re not sure if you should prioritize tasks, try to be social, be quiet and read a book, or jump into your…
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Holiday Traditions
I’ve always struggled with holiday traditions. It’s something I’ve thought about over the years in my quest to understand myself and the world, but certainly not something I’ve ever arrived at a decision about. I have no set mental system for traditions; similar to my egg conundrum, I find myself going back and forth every…