Married to Food

It’s easy to look at someone who can’t fit through a door properly and wonder in astonishment: “How did they even get to that point?” Truth is, they are just as dismayed as you are. It’s easy to write out labels and stamp them onto people; you’ll soon find that there is no open space […]

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Becoming a Chameleon

Big, beady eyes. Scaly, rigid body. Minute, stealthy movements. All to keep hidden in plain sight and remain unnoticed, surviving with comfort. Don’t we all wish (at some point in our lives) that we could be a chameleon? If there is one thing I have noticed in transitions in life, it’s that we all wish for […]

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Building Your 2017

Time: the one thing you can’t buy or slow down or exchange; only use and manage and give. Let’s use the time we are given sensibly. Use the time going in to 2017 to glance back at 2016’s happenings. Instead of just thinking, “2017 will be my year,” take these next few days to pull up a well-devised […]

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The Bridge to Somewhere

In my hometown we have a bridge that seemingly goes nowhere, and so we call it the Bridge to Nowhere. Possibilities are endless, choices are fathomless; we burn bridges and cross new ones. Each choice is like a bridge to somewhere. And the choices may be difficult: where to go to college, what to major […]

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Our Beautiful Stories

Stories are all around us. Television series, movies, plays, fables, and books are only a few examples of how stories collide with our lives every day. I’ve noticed that many of my older-souled relatives get a kick out of talking about their younger years, and most of those aged stories sound like they could be fictional. […]

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