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Bowed But Not Broken
When one of my children was about two, he would take a bite of a pretzel or plunge a tiny straw through the silver sliver sealing a juice box’s top. Instantly, his face would dissolve from anticipation into abject disappointment. … Continue reading
Roots and Wings
“Roots and wings.” It was shorthand for the process of growing up and heading out into the world in Maira Kalman’s “Max Makes a Million,” and a nod to the notion that parents provide for their children a foundation to … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Series of Unfortunate Events", "Before I Go", "Crossing Muddy Waters", John Hiatt, Lemony Snicket, loss, Maira Kalman, Mary Oliver's "In Blackwater Woods", Max Makes a Million, Max Stravinsky, New York City, parenting, Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus, triple-decker sandwich city, Walt Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"
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The Black River of Loss
Sorrow is irrevocably paired with kindness. Perspective can be pain’s companion. Fear of what lies ahead may be mirrored by hope. What’s lost has been perennially entwined with what may be found. Loss can be as much about transformation and … Continue reading
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Tagged Act 1, loss, Love's Labours Lost, Mary Oliver's "Blackwater Woods", Scene 1, writing 101, writing101
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Love Lessons: A Marriage Manifesto
” . . . [T]here are three people in a marriage, there’s the woman, there’s the man, and there’s what I call the third person, the most important, the person who is composed of the man and woman together.” –Jose Saramago, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dewy Adorable Days Gone By", "The Real Housewives of New Jersey", Cambridge, Donna Tartt, E. Lockhart's "We Were Liars", Exeter, George Bernard Shaw, Greg Brown's "Down at the Dream Cafe", John Hiatt's "Cry Love", John Stewart's "The Daily Show", Jose Saramago's "All the Names", loss, marriage, Memorial Church, motherhood, Phillips Church, Reverend Bob, Weekly Writing Challenge: Manifesto, widowhood
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