Tag: survival
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Life’s Lessons: The Storms That Draw Us In
There is a question I have found myself returning to more than once in my life, and it is not as simple as it first sounds. Why are we drawn to what can destroy us? It is a strange thing to admit, but I have always been fascinated by storms, and particularly tornadoes. Not in…
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Caregivers Cozy Corner: Rest Is Not Betrayal
The Small Mercies That Keep Us Going There is a kind of weariness that settles into a caregiver long before anyone else notices it. It does not always announce itself loudly. More often, it comes quietly — in the ache behind the eyes, in the heaviness of the body, in the way even a simple…
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The Country Girl Who Really Did Go City
Caregiving Between Two Worlds When I first started writing under the name Country Girl Gone City, I meant it in a lighthearted way. A girl raised with mountain air in her lungs and dirt roads under her feet suddenly learning to navigate city streets, hospital corridors, and airport terminals. A country soul learning the language…
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Tea Time with Mandy: When Avoidance Looks Like Strength
Elizabeth Hunt had learned that grief did not always arrive with warning. At times it settled into her body before she had time to prepare, like those moments in the driver’s seat when the door was closed and the world waited just beyond reach. Her hands would rest on the steering wheel, fingers tightening just…
Country Girl Gone City 