Tag: grief
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A Season of Grief
If you’ve been paying close attention to my life, you may have noticed that I’ve been to quite a few funerals lately. My therapist said it elegantly earlier this week: “There seems to be a lot of death around you.” It seems I am simply in a season of grief – both my own and…
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Five Years of Searching for Gratitude
If you’ve been around here for a bit, you know that I’ve been trying to practice gratitude in all of life. As difficult as gratitude can be, I know it’s the secret to contentment in all circumstances and true joy even when things get tough. I focus on it in different ways, trying to cultivate…
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More Than One Thing
Here we are in the first week of July, which means it is time for my annual reminder to myself (and for me to share it with you whether or not you want to hear it – you’re welcome.) This is the reminder: things can be more than one thing. Discuss this amongst yourselves, I’ll…
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Make This Memorable
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about celebrations. In this season of stay-home orders and cancellations, most of our public celebrations have been canceled. Weddings, birthday parties, sporting events, proms – celebrations of life and community are being put on hold. It’s a time of grief as we mourn both large and small losses, many…
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Fear of Change
“You know the adage ‘People resist change.’ It is not really true. People are not stupid. People love change when they know it is a good thing. No one gives back a winning lottery ticket. What people resist is not change per se, but loss. When change involves real or potential loss, people hold on…
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Some of Us
Next week brings the day of Christmas. Last week I ended my post by saying, “Merry Christmas, friends.” As though everyone is celebrating. As though it is that simple. But it is never that simple because we are humans in a broken and beautiful world. Some of us are beyond excited to unwrap a present…