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Thursday, August 7, 2014

As the new days rise

Sometimes it comes down to one moment. The one thing that can tip your perception of something dramatically. The thing that makes everything feel OK. Our vacation hadn't been going...

Top of the rock

At the top of the rock I felt something shift, a change in some heart of me--because everyone has many hearts, surely--brave and kind and sad and scared and lovely and stubborn and...

Monday, August 4, 2014

Up and back down

Lost in the waves for a minute you charged forward. There was a determined set to your chin, a gleam in your eye. There was the challenge in your squared shoulders. The wave swelled...

Friday, August 1, 2014

Jump

I have been trying to jump off of things more. I realized, while watching my daughters fling themselves from high perches and tumble off of furniture, that I don't jump. It's mostly...