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I don’t remember the drive to Spokane at all. I remember bits and and pieces of the week between Doug’s death and funeral. I remember being in shock and walking around in a foggy daze. I remember a grandmother asking about my Thanksgiving at story-time. I didn’t know how to answer. She said hers was, “interesting.”…
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I walked out of Fred Meyer this morning and decided to check my e-mail on my phone. My manager sent an e-mail telling staff that one of our regular, and beloved, patrons had died unexpectedly last week. I was stunned. I stood there on the sidewalk in the rain, saying “oh no!” to myself (and…
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Thanksgiving is a difficult holiday for me. Two years ago my step-dad died of cancer Thanksgiving weekend. Last year when Thanksgiving rolled around I was filled with sadness and grief at the last memory I had of him when he was in final stages of death. This year I am also sad but I’m a…
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A friend on Facebook posted the following Pema Chödrön quote: “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.” I’ve been thinking about this the past few days. This idea of annihilation. Self Immolation is an idea that keeps popping into my head lately…
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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t…
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