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I thought about her all weekend. • When the eart

I thought about her all weekend.
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When the earth trembled in Los Angeles Friday night, I imagined it was the echo of her uproarious welcome to The Great Beyond – a stadium of souls doing the wave to celebrate the big win that is the influence of the Notorious RBG.
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I don’t think every soul comes here to change the world.
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I don’t think every soul is supposed to pioneer, to advocate, to claim dissenting opinion with such serious dignity + strategic patience.
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I don’t think every soul seeds change in huge arenas like women’s equality one step at a time over a lifetime – with the next generation always in mind, with a deep sense of community
always in heart.
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I do think we can learn from every soul.
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I am so grateful to learn from hers.
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Lessons everywhere – in her thinking, her style, her poise, her commitment, her open-mindedness, her sense of responsibility to help others, her willingness to disagree.
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“When there are nine” – that wouldn’t have been my answer. I mean, I can wish that it would’ve been – because it’s such a badass answer. But honestly, I catch myself betraying my own feminism all the time.
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As I get older + that next generation is closer + closer in mind (they are literally in my face every day & night), + my desire to help others + better my community is closer + closer in heart, I need the power of her convictions to inspire my own.
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I look to her - I think we all can. A soul like hers is built for the lead.
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Earthquakes make me nervous. I actually pray to not feel them.
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But when I felt that one on Friday, I had a different prayer – and it was for Ruth – and it went like this…
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thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
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**+ big thank you to @araisin30 @thesleepyflorist who gifted me this new mask, unexpectedly today, and is a woman who cheers on other women + their big dreams (here's to small businesses + creative writing + flowers + raising teenage girls)
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#livewhatmatters #wedothistogether #RBG #RIP

Join Me Next Month… I am so excited to be co-fa

Join Me Next Month…

I am so excited to be co-facilitating the third meeting of a four-part virtual book club presented by #happywomendinners to discuss one of my favorite books - #maybeyoushouldtalktosomeone.
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@lorigottlieb_author will join us for the final meeting.
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I know firsthand, from conversations I’ve had with my mom, sister, cousin, two best friends, and a bunch of clients (past & present) this book is thought-provoking and fun to discuss – in a lot of ways, it’s a love letter to the process of self-development – an intimate look at the work of therapists + coaches and an inspiring story for ALL of us who seek to know ourselves, heal our lives and take personal responsibility for the stories we tell about our experiences.
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(Virtual) Space is limited – you will receive a new copy of the book when you join…Email to Jill@happywomendinners.com to register.
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I hope to see you there! And Happy Weekend! 🧡🧡🧡

It’s not my favorite time in marriage. • There

It’s not my favorite time in marriage.
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There’s just SO MUCH togetherness.
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Before quarantine, I rarely used profanities in front of my children – so I’m not proud to admit that I called Boyd a dick (sort of jokingly, but sort of not) in front of Myles two weeks ago and ever since then, any time we disagree – Myles says, “I bet you want to call him the ‘d’ word right now, don’t you?”
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It makes me giggle.
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But what makes me giggle even more is that after we get in our little pissy spats with each other in the kitchen – irritated over dumb stuff like how the other person is breathing – he blows off steam by playing THIS song on the piano….
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Jazzy little number, right?
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An upbeat little ditty – just like marriage and homeschooling in times of COVID.
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#livewhatmatters #wedothistogether
#marriageiswork #take5

Here we are together – me behind the camera lens

Here we are together – me behind the camera lens. You being you, all strong + tall + busy. Also peaceful, with trees + water, passersby.
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It is January 2020.
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I say to you: this is going to be OUR year.
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We’re going to steal way. I’ve going to get you every season. I had you in the winter – with my girlfriends + my long walks alone in a puffy jacket + gloves.
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I want you this spring – in a cozy cardigan beneath the cherry blossoms – and in the summer – in a strappy sundress by the river, barefoot – journal in hand.
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Then fall. Boots on the ground. Dark jeans, gold jewelry, stomping off the summer laze - heading strong, like you, to the last part of the year – all productive + goal-tracking.
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September. The month I got to know you the best 19 years ago – the month I love you the most, forever.
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The month you taught me to walk.
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The month I came to appreciate how walking is remembering in the body.
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I walked all of September 11th – and walked the 12th + kept walking in the weeks that followed. I walked to feel + to stay connected + to be present, to pray.
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I walked to remember.
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This is who I am. This is who we are. This is how we break. This is how we get afraid. This is how we (re)build. This is how we stoke the fire of faith. This is how we keep going, broken hearts and all.
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We take one – more – step.
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2020 is not the year for returning to you every season – rather, it is the year of walking the neighborhood I rarely leave, my own.
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This year, I walk daily w/every emotion I have about our changing world, just like I walked with you through the hours our world changed.
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Sometimes when I am walking, I watch my feet.
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It feels like I could be stepping through anywhere.
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That’s when I imagine I’m walking with you. Again.
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And I remember all that you taught me. I remember September.
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I remember that fall, the violent + dusty crumble, and I remember the rising.
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The sound of that woman singing Amazing Grace in the church on the corner.
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I’ve remembered a lot this year.
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And today, I will #neverforget – you are the ultimate love story, NY – may every heart connected to yours walk in wholeness tonight.
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#livewhatmatters #wedothistogether

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