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How I’m Learning To Step Out Of The Comfort Zone Of Creativity

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How I’m Learning To Step Out Of The Comfort Zone Of Creativity

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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“The only unique contribution we’ll make in this world will be born of creativity.” ~ Brene Brown There’s this crazy, confusing thing  happening as I get older. As I’ve passed through the decades and find myself looking at a life ahead that is bound to be on the downhill slope, I see with clarity things […]

Beauty, The Brave, The Exemplary, Blazing Open

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Beauty, The Brave, The Exemplary, Blazing Open

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This week El Nino backed off, and the sun smiled on us with 70 degree days. Everywhere I went, the violets popped their purple and white heads, the daffodils unfurled into yellow trumpets heralding spring, and the finches and flickers and chickadees flock to the feeder in glorious song. It’s hard not to think about […]

Parents, Did You Teach Your Children To Weed?

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Parents, Did You Teach Your Children To Weed?

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I think I’m what some people call a natural-born-teacher. It’s in my blood; teachers sprout from my family tree for generations upon generations. It’s no surprise that as a parent, I’ve been an education task-master. You think preacher’s kids have it rough? Think about being a teacher’s kid. You’re constantly the guinea pig for lesson […]

Can You See Me Aging?

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Can You See Me Aging?

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Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan It’s a winter Saturday morning, dreary and grey and bare. Outside my window I look down on my garden; the trees bare, branches arcing and cascading with delicate, raw beauty. The rose bushes are pruned, the soft flesh of the […]

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Deep Gratitude

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There was deep gratitude in our garden Sunday night. All the people who love her were there to celebrate. Never quite sure who was coming, each time the front door opened, a new face of someone who played an enormous role in one aspect of her life entered into our space of celebration. There were […]