"if you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it" John Irving
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You know how days run along like a stream and all through that fluid movement you receive texts or emails or say hello to people you pass in the street and everything blends together into a seamless …
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Another 7:00 p.m. finds me in the same place, the same white chair in Leo and Sam's third-floor bedroom, the dusky light glowing white, Leo sucking on his finger and reaching his foot up towards the …
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One thing I'm learning about life is that it can be very easy to spend an inordinate amount of time on minor things and brush over major things as if they don't even exist. I find this especially …
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A small group of children, all cousins, stood on a driveway in the forest-covered hills of central PA, giddy, waiting. Every year, for the last 13 years, our extended family has gone away together for …
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This summer has been a whirlwind. During the last ten weeks we’ve only been home for ten days. It’s been wonderful, all this time spent with extended family, but I’m feeling untethered, a little …
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Today is the day, my friends. The Edge of Over There is releasing into the world. You have all been such loyal readers, so I hesitate to ask you for one more thing, but if you want to help, here are a …
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