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Celebrating and resetting

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“i brought the home inside me here. I unpacked and stayed in the comfort of me”...

For Mother’s Day I spent three glorious nights at the Himilayan Institute in Honesdale, Pa.

It was the kindest, calmest, quietest gift that I will be unwrapping for a long time to come.

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my backyard teachers

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Green beans are one of my quietest teachers.

Pretty much every year for the past ten years, I have grown them. The simple act of picking them reminds me just because I cannot see them doesn’t mean they aren't there.


I can pick the green beans, leave with a handful, go back out in a few minutes, and find more.

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