July 25, 2018Liz.W Dear Losses, You are one constant companion. You creep in uninvited, you come in unsuspected. You’re like our silent conspiracy. We don’t want to meet you that often, ... READ the POST
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Letter to a 13-something-year-old from a 30-something-year-old on how to live through the loss of our parents
September 12, 2019Liz.W Dear My Beautiful, Precious Young Friend, Today you turn 13 — and what a significant and special milestone in your life, this adolescent space of yours, so ... READ the POST
How to Wake to Midlife and Make the 40s the New Young
FeaturedLiz.W When I saw the husband coming in with a grin a mile wide and a box of something in his hand — a beautiful cake he had gotten from the lady down our road — and a ... READ the POST
Dear Me: Lines to The Person I Long to be
Dear Me, So here at halftime --- who do you want to be, and what do you want to achieve? What do you say to the person you want to be, after four decades of living as the person you have always ... READ the POST
The Best Way to Start A New Year (& turn any hard into high)
I’d stood one spring morning and watched. Watched how those star jasmine had finally flourished, marveled how they’d fully flowered. They hadn’t always. And I’d been told ... READ the POST
When You Feel Like You’ve Just Lost Your Greatest Connection
August 26, 2018Liz.W There are ladders in life — and people who promised to show you the way. There are mentors and leaders, pastors and fathers, bosses and connections — and a host of ... READ the POST