I am lucky enough to write once a week with strangers over two months at a time. This is code for: I happen to have a Zoom account and “open” class with the awesome @John Roedel. What happens over 8 weeks, is these people become (better than) family. Not because of any one thing in particular, but more due to the vulnerability that is shared without judgement . One of those kindreds, has given me permission to share a piece here. Because LONELINESS is a universal topic. Thank

go ahead and call me unpatriotic - I don't care. I have been off of social for sanity. But not today. Today I could not stay quiet. I...

I call the 13 year old black lab up next to me on the down comforter. It is Sunday morning. I sip my coffee without rush, pooch spooning...

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