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  • Aging,  Life Challenges

    What Remains After Loss

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    dog with his chin on the floor feeling grief and loss and question the purpose of living. facing an obstacle with no solution.everyone is dying

    I’ve come to see that loss, in all its forms, doesn’t take everything. It pares life down to its essence, yes—but what remains can be astonishingly strong.

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    Ardis Mayo
  • Life Challenges

    When Nothing Goes Right – Add Fertilizer

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    Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seems to go right? A tech glitch eats half your document, a bill arrives that you know you…

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  • Aging,  Life Challenges

    Bridging Generations with Legacy

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    What We Teach Each Other is Our legacy. When I was a child, I thought adults knew everything. Why would they be put in charge of so much…

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    Ardis Mayo
  • Creativity,  Life Challenges,  Poetry

    Whose Footsteps Do We Remember

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    Suppose for a moment that the ground beneath us remembers. That every footstep leaves not just an imprint in the soil but a whisper in time.

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  • Dekker,  Life Challenges

    Wisdom from Dekker

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    As I, Dekker the seasonal observer, lie by the fireplace (yes, I scoot closer than I’m supposed to), I’ve been noticing a change in the house.

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