The naivety of hope
The word “naïve” kept floating into my world last week. As they say, twice is a coincidence and three times is a trend so when I found the word … Read More
Rearranged Socks, Rearranged Thoughts
October 5, 2020
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Sarah B
I was 19 when I bought a proper piece of furniture for myself for the first time. The man at the junk shop – which is to say, the … Read More
The (Optional) Snap of the Band
June 22, 2020
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Sarah B
You might imagine a rubber band. You might imagine a rubber band with two lines on opposite points of it circumference. You might imagine one line represents a feeling … Read More
The Awful/Good, Awfully Good Practice
April 27, 2020
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Sarah B
People occasionally compliment me for being patient. It makes me giggle. When I tell Theresa or my mom about those compliments, they giggle, too. Patience is most certainly not one … Read More
Time Travel for the Sake of the Now
April 13, 2020
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Sarah B
While I’m an advocate for and practitioner in living as much in the present moment as possible (an ever-imperfect attempt, for me, at least), there are historically two ways I’ve … Read More
Escaping Imminent, Gruesome Death in the Backwoods. Sorta.
March 9, 2020
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Sarah B
A couple of winters ago, Theresa and I spent a weekend in a primitive cabin in the middle of nowhere Virginia. It was a little log cabin in a gully … Read More
One Daily Question to Boost Your Growth
February 9, 2020
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Sarah B
At the beginning of 2019, Theresa and I created a list of questions to ask each other at the end of the evening, questions to help us capture and … Read More
Revealing the Invisible Ink of Our Gradual Growth: A Year End Practice
December 30, 2019
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Sarah B
When I was a teen, I got stress headaches. Not every so often but multiple a day for several years. And then one day, I realized that it had been … Read More
Gift Budgets and the Pain of Uncertainty
December 22, 2019
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Sarah B
Last week, I messaged Theresa from the aisles of a store: “How much trouble will I be in if I go a little over our gift budget?” On this, our … Read More
Assumptions about an Active [Shooter?] [Situation?] [Human?]
November 18, 2019
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Sarah B
I’m writing this at 7:30 on the morning of Thursday, November 14, 2019. An hour ago, I got a call from one of my closest friends. He happens to live … Read More