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I don’t think I am brave, though people tell me I am. Too often I fail to act. When gripped with fear; I balk. My doing something you are afraid of doesn’t make me brave. Doing something I’m afraid of does, and every time I do it takes every ounce of strength I have. Bravery […]

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It’s 4:00 a.m. and I wake suddenly in the middle of one of those imaginary conversations. Those unsaid words keep me up at night. My bedtime rituals, PZIZZ and the occasional Advil PM allow me to fall asleep, but anytime between 1:30 and 4:30 a.m I often start wake, my head filling with words. In […]

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In the past I have eschewed New Year’s resolutions in favor of a word for the year, but this year I’m making ten resolutions. Ten is a lot, but many are small, and require only a little discipline and a willingness to make changes. I hope that together they will increase my happiness which of […]

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There is a voice you will always recognize, it is the voice of love. For me it is my mother’s voice. A year after she died I had a dream in which she appeared at the foot of my bed. She spoke to me, and I saw her there. Her presence was real; she wasn’t […]

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