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  • Making the Most of Each Day

    Making the Most of Each Day11

    When I was a very little girl, I loved a book titled Apron Strings and Rowdy. The simple storyline had twin bear cubs emerging in the early spring from their dark cave and into the splendor of sunlight. There was something about the hopefulness, the playfulness, the newness, the adventure that captured my little girl

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  • Making the Case for Handmade Gifts

    Making the Case for Handmade Gifts0

    My cousin gave me a handmade card for one of my childhood birthdays. It wasn’t just any handmade card: it was made on thick, glossy paper, complete with baubles and expensive, elegant stickers. If I remember correctly, that was her only gift to me that year. But that didn’t matter: I treasured the card, often

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  • Making Stimulus Checks Work for America

    Making Stimulus Checks Work for America0

    It’s after 4 o’clock on a Monday afternoon, and I just walked to my mailbox and received a check from the federal government for $600. And I am furious. Here are a few reasons why. First, I am self-employed. I work eight to nine hours every day, seven days a week, writing articles for outfits

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  • Making Space for Silence

    Making Space for Silence4

    In our lives of technology, distraction, and immediacy, silence is often lost. Our minds and bodies need some quiet time, some space to rest. Without this, we become burned-out, stressed, and exhausted. But our lives are busy, and we have responsibilities, jobs, and families. How do we daily make room for silence? Here are some

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  • Making Sense of the World Means Looking Toward the Stars

    Making Sense of the World Means Looking Toward the Stars0

    Easter this year delivered some good news – or more accurately, some Good News. On Easter Monday, April 6, as the Artemis II spacecraft crew prepared to lose communication with NASA’s mission control while passing behind the moon, astronaut Victor Glover delivered this message back to earth: As we get close to the nearest point to the

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  • Making Sense of Millennial Mid-Life Muddling

    Making Sense of Millennial Mid-Life Muddling0

    In Rebecca Serle’s novel “In Five Years,” narrator and protagonist Dannie Cohan follows the path she set for herself as an adolescent. She becomes a lawyer with no ambitions for the courtroom, tackling instead the crisp, clear language of the law and contracts. “It was like poetry, but poetry with outcome, poetry with concrete meaning—with

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