Monthly Archives: September 2021

All that’s holding us together are stories. Stories and compassion.

Posted on September 9, 2021 by meaghancc

This year – in a year of mass casualties – I’ve been reading everything I can get my hands on about death. The dying process, stories from hospice volunteers and the visions that many people have of ancestors calling them … Continue reading →

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Inle Lake at dawn

Posted on September 9, 2021 by meaghancc

I’ve lived a good life. A long life by some estimations, or in some century or another culture. 41 years. As I sit here in the land of maternity leave, I’ve had a lot of time to just be. That’s … Continue reading →

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Echos of home

Posted on September 8, 2021 by meaghancc

The cool Pacific fog rolled over the sandy dunes and tall oat grasses, the ice plants punctuating the hills with their fuchsia and golden blooms. We walked side by side, sharing snippets of our lives. From the verdant Midwest to … Continue reading →

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Birthday flowers

Posted on September 8, 2021 by meaghancc

Maybe it was my eighth birthday, perhaps seventh. My older brother and I were born on the same day in May, three years apart. Talk about precision. Always having to share a birthday party, a birthday cake, in particular, got … Continue reading →

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