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Reclaiming Joy
It has been a rough couple of years for all of us. We’ve struggled with isolation, with virus anxiety, with uncertainty, with being away from family. For those of us who work in healthcare, the pressure has been extraordinary and the exhaustion, even now, is profound. So many days we have felt as if we’ve…
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Families of All Sorts
Mark Frost wrote “We have two families in life. One we were born into that shares our blood. Another we meet along the way that’s willing to give their life for us.” Some of us are blessed that we have families we are born into that have that connection with us and also that we…
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Counting Blessings
Maybe your mother used the expression that mine often did when I complained about something in my life that was not the way I wanted it to be. She would invariably say “count your blessings,” which was her way of saying that I didn’t know how fortunate I was. I didn’t appreciate that phrase then…
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Being Weary
It seems that, for just about as long as I can remember, tired has been a constant state of being. Not just tired but exhausted. We give our all to work, to our families and we struggle with the uncertainties and anxieties that life seems to present us in a never-ending flow. From a virus…
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In the Space
I’ve been asked what the most difficult moment in my life has been. There are lots of challenging moments in all of our personal and professional lives, mine included. But I don’t even have to ponder that question as one moment and one image springs immediately to mind. Perhaps it is the same for you.…
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Other People’s Doors
Here is a universal truth. It is so easy to judge. It is so easy to take our own experiences and apply them to others, assuming that their circumstances are much like ours. We know what parenting is, we have children. We know what marriage is, we have partners. We know what loss is, we’ve…
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Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day and, whether it is a Hallmark holiday or not, it’s a time that allows us to reflect on the fathers in our life. It’s a good time for me to do that, having just come home from a visit with my youngest son, his wife and their 10 week old baby. I…
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Reuniting
This weekend we had the joy of being with family and attending a bridal shower for one of my cousins. While that in and of itself is not unusual, the bride being feted was actually married in August 2020, with only parents, siblings, clergy in attendance. The rest of us took part via Zoom. It…
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What Scares Me
Each year, as my birthday inevitably rolls around, I think about what the coming year will hold and, even more so, what I want it to hold. Will this be the year that I achieve a goal or make a change or focus my time differently? My answers vary year over year and my commitment…
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On Being Irrepressible
There are a lot of platitudes about life and especially about facing challenges in life. You can likely think of as many of them as I can, everything from the cloying sentiment of “when life gives you lemons” to the glib “That’s life.” I find those well worn phrases and cliches to be more than…
With a Full Heart
Reflections on Leadership and Life
With a Full Heart 