Corey

The thing about grief, is that it’s odd and unpredictable. It shows up at surprising times, long after you thought you had said your last goodbye. After the numbness and the denial has gone, after your eyelids are no longer heavy with the weight of tears.

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Productivity Tips for Writers

I have a full-time job, three kids, and often feel like I’m pulling myself in too many directions. But I’m also at a point in my life where I’m tired of watching other people make their dreams come true, while I have all the best intentions and plan on ‘getting to it’ eventually, but never do.

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Bobcaygeon

Anna likes the feel of sand in her hair. I can tell by the way she is playing with it, weaving her fingers through the short, tangled, dirty tresses. Her summer hair, I call it. I wonder when it was last brushed.

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When You Find Yourself Broken Open

Everyone faces hardship. In different degrees and at different stages in our lives—we all deal with something hard and uncomfortable. It comes into our lives and tests us. Jabbing and jabbing and jabbing at our ribs with a pointed finger until we feel overwhelmed and unsure.

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The Care & Keeping of a Writer

I used to think I was always really good at “self-care”. I don’t mind asking my husband to cover for me with the kids and the house when I need to decompress. But I realized that self-care, as buzzy of a word as it is, is so much more than just finding some me time every now and again.

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When an Opportunity of a Lifetime Means Leaving Your Kids

I have the winning ticket. I am holding it in my hands. My body is keeping me upright as I stare in shock at the small, yellow stub of paper between my fingers. I feel somewhat like Charlie, grasping hold of Willy Wonka’s golden ticket. There are numbers on the ticket; numbers that have the potential to whisk me away to Kenya for 10 days, but I can’t really see them

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