Which of These 3 Conversations Are You Having? Insights from a Doctor’s Office
Getting a Look I get satisfaction when I see the look pass between them, the young eye doctor and his assistant. My friend V and I have been sitting in…
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Have Enough Favorites? It’s been a few years now, but I remember the night Brian brought me Vietnamese spring rolls. He had made spring rolls a couple weeks earlier and…
Read moreFasting the Illusion of Independence – 40 People of Lent Project
“Remind me of a love that is good and let the warmth of it tug loose a memory of being seen and loved, even cherished by a familiar, knowing face.…
Read moreWhen You Can’t Offer a Guarantee, Cry About It
Her Grandson Was Murdered As we chat on her balcony, I see the tears pooling in my friend’s eyes. She’s worried about about her adult daughter, the one whose son…
Read moreDon’t Let Zoom Steal Your Humanity
My People on the Screen It was finally time for lunch. We’d had a busy morning going separate directions, listening to speakers in different rooms of the conference center. I…
Read moreHow I Ended Up at a Taylor Swift Concert in Person
The Countdown The countdown clock was clicking off the minutes and seconds . . . 2:18 . . . 2:17 . . . 2:16 . . . . When it…
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