Prune

Over the next several months, I watched in amazement as new leaves sprouted, shiny and green and healthy. The bush grew twice its size, and when I saw multiple flower buds I just about teared up as I realized the power of this example as a metaphor for life:

Pruning is essential in personal growth. 

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Two-And-A-Half

Everything reminds me of her. I looked desperately for signs of her in the first weeks after her death, and now the reminders close in on me and suddenly I’m frozen in place at Target, with an urge to find a cute new top for Anni. No place for that urge to go, except in hot tears down my face.

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Personal, GriefMorgan Motsinger