When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened to us. -Helen Keller I think Helen Keller was onto something here. Keller embodied what it meant to overcome hardships as the first deaf-blind person to …
#IStandwiththe47Million Against Cutting SNAP
I'm not ashamed to admit that my family and I reaped the benefits of what used to be known as food stamps. My dad worked very hard to pull in what he could while my mom raised all five of us with all of the resources she could find. Eventually we moved past government aid …
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The In-Between
"It's everything in between we live for." What are you doing with that time? Regretting or doubting the clumsy start of love? Fearing its end? Or celebrating—lavishly—the in-between? I'm not much of an Oprah fan, but occasionally I find some gems in her countless newsletters that make me stop and consider my life from a …
