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If life was a compost heap, tumblr could be in mine. As winter turns to spring and the world is as upside down as ever, I pause.

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Say it with flowers...

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The Yakult Lady. The power of travel.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/mothers-daughters-letters.html?smid=url-share

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Grief Goes On

For the New York Times, author, teacher and convener, Hope Edelman writes about the long-term effects of childhood grief. Her mom died when Hope was just 17. Recently, Stephen Colbert and Cooper Anderson shared their childhood experiences with major loss. I cannot imagine the sadness that brings to a child.

Borrowing from Hope with a bit of poetic license, here’s how I look at loss:

Grief is something that isn’t “gotten over” in the service of “moving on.”

Although I was 35 when my mom died 21 years ago yesterday, I think of her every.single.day. And as a mother myself, every day is mother’s day. Yet now, for me it’s about my being a mom to my mostly grown-up kids. It’s not about having had a mom. And really, as nuts as my mom was, I miss her. A lot. The pain is less, the memories fade but she had a presence that lives on within me.

Susan at 6 months, and Sally, 27, wait for a flight at LaGuardia Airport.

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Solopsis.

noun

1. Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.

2. extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.

Nature’s beauty and power, for this self, says there is so much more than just us.

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Well. Alrighty, then. Grow up.

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spare time...

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When Hermione met @30words30images. Iconic.

adjective UK /aɪˈkɒn.ɪk/ US /aɪˈkɑː.nɪk/ formal

very famous or popular, especially being considered to represent particular opinions or a particular time:

Emma Watson gained iconic status following her role as Hermione in the “Harry Potter” movies based on the books written by J.K. Rowling.

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Fernweh (n.) A German word for a strong desire to travel and visit far off places. Wanderlust. Literal translation “far-sickness,” as in the opposite of homesickness.

26 Sep 2018

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@30words30images pls see the 🐻

Little buddies that’ll be available as originals at Japan Expo nest week !

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This is everything. Own it.

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Livin. The dream.

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Looking back on your 50s, 60s.

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I <3 Martin Parr.