Tag: Control
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Thriving in the Midst of the Unknown

There are seasons where grief, joy, uncertainty, anticipation, and change all arrive at once. This week, as I navigate loss, family transitions, an upcoming half marathon, and the anticipation of a new grandbaby, I’m learning that peace isn’t found in controlling life—it’s found in being fully present within it.
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What I Do When Fear Tries to Take Over

What makes me nervous? Bugs that jump—grasshoppers, crickets, frogs. I’m not even joking. I still remember this one moment so clearly. Junior year of high school, summer, windows down, driving my 1969 VW Beetle, feeling free—and then a massive grasshopper landed on my passenger seat, facing me. I can still feel it in my body.…