What I Didn’t See Coming – Christmas 2017
One of the first lessons you learn when grieving a loss, is to steel yourself for certain significant moments. You plan for the “big days” – like birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries of the death, etc. You learn quickly that the days leading up to the event are often harder than...
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Christmas Ornaments & The Stories They Tell
There’s an ornament on our tree that hangs front and center now. It’s a beautiful glass ornament with Rylie’s face shining through. Surrounding her, the lights of the tree twinkle through the glass and glimmer off the gold sequins that rest inside it. It’s the perfect ornament in so...
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Wrestling with Surrender – Part 2
When I wrestle, I run. Literally… Science has shown that bilateral movement helps our brains process challenging things. My counselor explained it to me one time and I was fascinated – not only because it’s just interesting, but because it helped explain why when things get tough I run. ...
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Wrestling with Surrender – Part 1
I’m a wrestler. No, not a WWE wrestler, but a wrestler of ideas. I value the ability to let an idea marinate in my brain for a while. To hold it up to different lights and test its muster. To say it out loud and see how it bounces...
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