Easter Seems Like a Good Time to Be Hopeful Again

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After posting my dark blog last week, I (weirdly) felt a bit lighter in spirit, as if the heaviness of my soul was lifted after sending those words out into cyberspace. Along with slightly more positive thinking this past week, I have had a growing realization […]

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Happiness is Like Log Rolling

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I don’t know how to be happy as a sustained state of being. I can be happy for moments and I have been trying to find joy in little things, but I struggle to be overall content with where […]

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The Small Joys My Daughter Will Miss in Prison

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In a little over a month, my daughter will be sentenced to prison. It will be for years, not months. I am unable to fathom what this will be like. She will miss so much of what life should […]

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