"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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Soon after we moved into the city, someone asked Maile, "Do you feel safe walking around the city?" Maile wasn't sure what the person meant. "Do you mean at night?" "No," the person pressed. …
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I come up out of sleep and into the darkness of an early morning. I hear the cars out on James Street, idling. You can almost smell the coffee the drivers are drinking. I check my phone. 5:53. I wake …
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Dear Jen, These weeks pass by so fast, and I always find it hard to believe it’s time to write another letter. This evening was one of the few nights that our oldest four children were all home …
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Today, Jen continues with our ongoing correspondence on creativity and family life: I wasn’t speaking to promote books and having to manage all of the logistical details as well as the content …
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Dear Jen You ended your last beautiful letter by asking if the fair is over, so I’ll begin my reply by telling you that I’m typing this while sitting in a lawn chair under a massive tent in the …
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Another Friday, another letter in our Postmarked series. This time, Jen had me on the verge of tears as she remembers looking through her father's writing long after he had died. Also, …