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How The Light Gets In
Dear One, I know you’re tired. I can see it in the dark half-moons under your eyes, and they way they’ve lost their shine. I see you when you lie awake at night, wondering how you got to this place. I know you’ve tried so hard. To keep your family intact. To keep your head Continue reading
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Life, Death & Easter Baskets
I made an Easter basket for the first time today. I wandered the aisles in the store and let my daughter choose between a bunny and a duck. I never did Easter baskets growing up, or egg hunts. It wasn’t the “Christian” thing. While I was throwing together an awkward last-minute basket for my baby, Continue reading
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I Saw The Ugliest Sight (And It Was Me)
last night I saw the ugliest sight she emerged out of this deep place of not believing good things that place where anger feels better than sadness where selfishness encompasses like a too-warm blanket growing tighter until you have no circulation last night I saw the ugliest sight (and it was me) I should be Continue reading
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“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”- The Legacy of Steve Jobs
One of the greatest innovators of our time passed away last night. Steve Jobs was more then just a business man or computer nerd, he has changed the way we do life through the creative technology that has in many ways defined our culture. When I heard the news last night, I thought of the Continue reading
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The Grand Finale
Every year we gather under a sweaty darkening sky. The July heat surrounds us, pressing down on us, reminding us why air conditioning was invented. We round up little ones, hold hands with lovers, hold our breaths and wait for the show to begin. Boom! Crash! Sounds like thunder, bright as lightening, but the sky Continue reading
Brooke Gale LouvieR 