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“You cannot change the wind, but you can adjust your sails.” — Shirley Johnson I have had a few of those weeks lately. The kind where life seems to be blowing from directions I did not order. A plan falls through. A loved one needs more support than I expected. A door I had counted on opening turns out to be a wall. I bet you have had a few of those weeks too. When that
Have you ever met someone and felt your heart just know? Like your spirit recognized theirs before your minds even caught up to the conversation. That is how I felt the first time I sat with Shirley Johnson, my neighbor, and now one of the dearest souls in my life. Some connections arrive that way. Soul-knowing, I call them. The kind where you find yourself nodding before they finish a sentence. The kind where life keeps
“There is no love so lasting, so strong, so disinterested, so unselfish, so devoted as that first and purest of all loves, a mother’s love…” – T. Augustus Forbes Leith We all know “mom energy” when we feel it. It’s the kind of love that shows up. The kind that tells the truth with care. The kind that believes in us on the days we’ve forgotten how to believe in ourselves. And while Mother’s Day is