grad

merci

As I have done so, so many times with this blog, I write something out and really, truly mean to post it, but then it gets lost – the words …

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thorns

resolve

Why, I often wonder, is it difficult to push myself to do the things that bring happiness? So often, I know what resolutions would make me happier, but I still …

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skeleton trees

home

This Thanksgiving – bright, sunny, crisp. I know the way the trees look this time of year: tall skeletons leaning into each other, swaying softly. The smell of smoke from …

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atg18b

of gifts, blessings, strong women

These experiences – they are the most profound ones we can imagine – suggest that we are most deeply vital when we realize that joy and sorrow go together, that …

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kitten

the start

I feel like I was much younger when I started this blog a year ago. Since then: four months in France, culture shock and reverse culture shock, back to college …

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