Only Now
We are living in a time of Only Now. There is nothing to look forward to, because so much is uncertain. When we look back, everything in our pasts seems so far away, filtered through the dense fog of ...
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Where The Story Starts
Where a story starts is almost never the beginning. A memoir starts at the end and remembers backward. A novel starts at the moment of change. A nonfiction book starts with the point it wishes to prov...
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How Journaling Has Changed Me
In 2009, I experienced what novelists call a “dark night of the soul.” I had just gotten married, and struggled with my new adult identity and the loss of my maiden name. In the space of six mon...
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Biopsy Result: Still Cancer-Free Since 1999!
I finally got the biopsy results from my doctor last night. And…. I don’t have cancer! So much relief packed into two little words: “Everything’s okay.” I gave my husband a h...
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Living In The Moment
I’ve never been very good at living in the moment. I’m always thinking about what happened in the past, or planning for the future. I’ve improved since meeting my husband, who is mor...
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