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Living, Writing

Nana’s Aprons

“The name she goes by in each part of our family doesn’t seem to matter much; it is what the name has come to mean that has made all the difference. “

Farming, Living, Writing

Father, Farmer, Philosopher

I picked up my fork and went to work beside him on the hillside, blood and sweat mingling under the Midwestern sun. He smiled at me and threw another thistle. “Farms and people need caretakers,” He said.

Farming, Living

Awe: The Key to Happiness

“There’s another element, a base that underpins the actions, which is proving more and more to be the secret to happiness. And it’s not something you do so much as it is how you see the world.”

Living, Massage Therapy

Gratitude Therapy

“Gratitude doesn’t change our problems,  it changes our perspective on our problems. God didn’t just want gratitude FROM me, He wanted gratitude FOR me, because He knew that living in gratitude is how I could get through difficult times,  painful experiences,  and transform sorrow into personal growth.”  

America, Living, Writing

Reproductive Equality

To color his barrier to success and wealth With the threat of death.
To throw down his worst and call it my best. To claim equal if I Step down where he stands. Beneath me where he lives, Outside of Eden, That lone, cold man.