My mom told me a story once. It was about me in grade school. My teacher, Mr. G, told my mom what happened. He said he was helping me zip up my coat and the zipper broke. He said, “Oh, Susan, I’m so sorry” and he said he felt really bad like it might be
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Word Up
Last week I went to yoga class. On the way there, I was driving and talking on the phone. I was talking to a friend about a lot of things. I was talking really fast and apparently really loud. (This is not a surprise to some of you.) It was a frantic conversation filled with
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Fight or Flight… or Faith?
In November of 1994, I was held up at gunpoint. I lived in the city. I was walking alone at night and a man came up with a gun and said “give me your bag”. I gave him my bag and then I ran as fast as I could. It changed everything. For months after
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The High Road
Have you ever found yourself at a point where you look around and think, “How did I get here?” It reminds me of the song from the Talking Heads…”This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful wife!” Usually, if we get to that point, we try to figure out why we are