While I breathe, I hope: Thoughts on Kate Bowler’s No Cure for Being Human

I have been a fan of Kate Bowler’s for several years. Kate is a New York Times bestselling author. Duke professor. Wife to her childhood sweetheart and mother to an adorable seven year-old. Then, at age 35, Kate was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. I read her book, Everything Happens for a Reason (And …

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A Letter to Anne Lamott

When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored.  –Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life  Author’s note: This was written in April 2016. Dear Anne, I’ve been reading your books and …

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One Too Many

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr. We’ve all seen the Bernie memes popping up on our social media accounts. Bernie in Emily Dickinson’s bedroom in Amherst. Bernie on the set of “Schitt’s Creek.” And, my personal favorite, Bernie sitting alone in one of our …

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Twenty Lessons from 2020

2020 is now behind us, thank the Lord. So why would I write about it? Because I don’t want this difficult year to pass without a little reflection. Here’s what I learned (in no particular order except #1): What did you learn in 2020? Please share below.

Meeting Madeleine

I didn’t discover Madeleine L’Engle the way most people do, by reading A Wrinkle in Time as a child. When my then-husband went off to the University of Syracuse to pursue a master’s in fine arts, I curled up on our sofa and read Madeleine’s very intimate Crosswick Journals, as well as Two-Part Invention, a memoir about …

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