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{Re}prioritize
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{Re}prioritize

I literally forgot to eat lunch today. As in I didn’t even think about it. At about 5 o’clock I wondered why I was shaky. Did I have lunch? Um, no. I faithfully promised Keck I’d take a walk this morning while it was…

{Re}quiescat
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{Re}quiescat

Requiescat is Latin for a prayer said for the dead. It is usually said: Requiescat in pace. The phrase means rest in peace. We say it again and again. Rest in peace. When I was little, Memorial Day meant long trips to…

{Re}st

{Re}st

I shared earlier this week that I had read the book, Girl at the End of the World by Elizabeth Esther. I shared that I was sitting with it and struggling with it. One of the things Ester said: I still don’t know how to…

{Re}interpret
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{Re}interpret

It’s time for a new bible. I don’t really want to buy one. Yet, the New English Translation that I love is about to wear out. I don’t have any more room to write in the white, blank pages at the front and back. The…

{Re}ligion
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{Re}ligion

Merriam-Webster says that the word religion is from the “Middle English religioun, from Anglo-French religiun, Latin religion-, religiosupernatural constraint, sanction, religious practice, perhaps from religare to…

{Re}wire
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{Re}wire

Rewire — to wire again. Not long ago, Keck and I started to build better habits. Bouyed by hearing author, Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit, and Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN’s medical correspondent, speak about life changes…

{Re}spring
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{Re}spring

Today in the sense that spring has sprung again. As I wrote this I was reminded of a little book I’ve had since college. The dog-eared pages are falling out and the encouragement it gave me still makes me smile. It was…

{Re}ticent

Merriam-Webster reported today that reticent was a trending word today. The report was political in nature. Yet as I thought about the word, I realized there were many times that I wanted to be silent or…

{Re}cipient
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{Re}cipient

On Saturday, following an incredibly long and taxing week, not to mention a chaotic morning, I was the lucky recipient of a gift. The concierge at the hotel I was staying at had an extra ticket to a New York production…