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Choosing Love Over Fear
There are only ever two choices: love or fear. Which path will you take? My writing sabbatical this past July/August was incredible. Incredibly intense that is. I told a friend the other day it was...
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A New Way of Being
(This morning I found this scribbled on the back of a page in my journal. It’s from the first week of my summer writing sabbatical. June 22, 2011. You can read more about my summer here.) The deepest...
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Curiosity
Last month my husband and I had a session with a parenting coach. My almost ten-year old has hit adolescence and it’s taken us by surprise (we thought we had a few more years before he started asking...
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Do You Need to Reset?
In the mid-seventies–as part of a radical move to simplify their lives–my parents hauled my four brothers and I from bustling San Antonio, TX to a remote area of Northern California. We lived in the...
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Sippy Cups for Everyone!!
I’m moving across the floor inNia class and finding myself becoming more and more annoyed with the woman dancing in front of me. The room is packed—it’s a farewell class for one of our dear members...
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I Choose Love … Again
I vividly remember an afternoon fourteen years ago when I was living in an apartment in central Austin with my husband-to-be, curled up in front of the fireplace reading my dad’s old, weathered copy...
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Let’s Infect the World…with Love
Yesterday, sitting arm to arm with my husband in the sanctuary of our church, I found myself wiping away tears every few minutes. My heart was swollen–it physically ached. At the end of the service...
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Are you stingy with your love?
This spring marked the 15-year anniversary of my mom’s passing. Healthy and active, she died at age 60 from congestive heart failure as a result of a sudden, serious case of the flu leaving behind six...
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Change the way you look at things
I’m moving across the floor in Nia class and finding myself becoming more and more annoyed with the woman dancing in front of me. The room is packed—it’s a farewell class for one of our dear members...
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Are you stingy with your love? (+Win a retreat!)
This spring marked the 19-year anniversary of my mom’s passing. Healthy and active, she died at age 60 from congestive heart failure as a result of a sudden, serious case of the flu leaving behind six...
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7 reasons to choose LOVE over FEAR in 2020
Last week I took advantage of early voting in Texas. All the voting locations near me had incredibly long waits so I ventured farther south to a voting spot in a large shopping center on the outskirts...
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7 reasons to choose love over fear today
Last week I took advantage of early voting. The location I showed up had a long line. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten minutes of waiting, I almost turned...
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7 Reasons to Choose Love Over Fear
I remember a few years ago showing up at my local polling place to vote and seeing a long line wrap around the building. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten...
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Are You Choosing Love or Fear? (Video)
“Love After Love” by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit...
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7 Reasons to Choose Love Over Fear
I remember a few years ago pulling up at my local polling place to vote and seeing a long line wrap around the building. The anxiety in and around the voting space was thick and palpable. After ten...
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