I am reminded this week that if we have any power at all, it is in this very moment. And as I write that, I realize it sounds like something you’d read on a cocktail napkin at a Tony Robbins seminar. Apologies for that. Mea culpa, but I’m still plunging ahead here. This post was…
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Going home
I don’t know why I answered the doorbell. I never do. Really. It’s always someone trying to sell me something—raffle tickets, candy bars, the salvation of Jesus Christ. But this time, I peeked out the window to see who might be there. A father and son stood on my doorstep. I opened the window a…
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In a parallel universe
In a parallel universe, at this very moment, I am sipping coffee on my front porch. On a picturesque street, lined with maples and oaks, an elderly gentleman rides his bike by me and waves, shouting out, “Hello, Miss Kristine. Mighty fine day, isn’t it?” I wave back and smile, luxuriating in my book and…
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They say I come from bitchy stock
The only time I slapped a man across the face, I think I was as stunned as he was. It was a couple of decades ago, in a Lincoln Park pub. You’d assume he was someone I did not know very well, but this was not the case. The man I slapped had been a…
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We do life in this house
You know those weeks where the Universe throws a message at you again and again? And, in case you missed it, yet again? We’re having one of those in my house. We have a saying in my home: “We do life.” Meaning, we are fully human, we make mistakes, we figure it out. Rather than…
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Braving dark corners
When was the last time you peered into the dark corners of your life? Taken one step further, when is the last time you peered and did something about what you saw instead of quickly looking away? Despite having put the task off for ages, that is how I spent my afternoon. You can erase…
