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There was a time in my life when my husband was very sick. It was one of those seasons where emotions feel close to the surface all the time. I was doing my best to keep things together for our children, but the truth is that sometimes the feelings w...
Community is one of those words that gets used often and felt rarely.
It shows up on websites and mission statements. It’s written into values and printed on banners. People say it proudly, as if naming it makes it real. But if you’ve ever truly bel...
There’s a kind of tiredness that rest doesn’t touch.
It isn’t solved by a good night’s sleep or a day off. It doesn’t lift after a weekend or a vacation. It lingers. It settles into the body. And over time, it begins to feel like the baseline rather...
Regret is one of the quietest emotions we carry — and one of the heaviest.
It doesn’t always arrive with drama or tears. Often, it shows up as a small tightening in the chest. A thought that revisits you at night. A moment you replay differently th...
Losing a friend is a particular kind of grief.
It doesn’t always come with rituals or recognition. There may be no cards, no casseroles, no permission to talk about how much it hurts. And yet, the loss can be just as profound as any other. Sometimes...
For many people, expressing emotions isn’t something they were ever taught. It wasn’t modeled. It wasn’t named. It wasn’t practiced. It simply… wasn’t done.
In some families, emotions were treated like interruptions. In others, they were ignored unt...
