Are Your Margins Wide Enough?
I start my car and check the fuel gauge. It’s been awhile since I’ve filled up. But I won’t get gas today. Because the tank is already full. Jeff must…
Read moreWill You Say These Three Words More Often?
Trauma at the Train Table What is wrong with this mother? Is she not thinking or is she just rude? I feel my anger rising. And I should be happy.…
Read moreTo Break or Not to Break the Chain
Will You Check the Box? The message pops up on my phone’s screen this morning. “Did you or did you not break your chain!?” I get a bump in energy.…
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Platinum Rule or Golden Rule?
—Grace & Truth Linkup
The noise. The poop. The trampled grass. It’s that time of year again. The Canada geese are all here and all mating. From my perspective on the shore, it looks…
Read moreHow to Read a Book (i.e., Live a Life) by Pausing on the Page
It is 30 minutes before lights out on Saturday night. I’m lying in bed, casually reading the poetry book with the green cover that was loaned to me a few…
Read moreDid I Say Too Much? When You Get a Vulnerability Hangover
“Vulnerability asks you to soften your ego so we can see your soul.” – Sasha Tozzi To Post or Not to Post? I wake up at home in my bed…
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