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Finding choices at the bottom of the hill

July 27, 2019

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

When I’m in an unfamiliar place, I like to explore on foot. A couple of months ago, while out of town with my son for a band event, I stayed at the home of a friend. The house is situated high up among rolling hills, and because I generally welcome the challenge of a f...

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Pay attention to the pain

May 16, 2019

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

My right shoulder hurts. It has been hurting for a while, like a few months, or maybe a couple of years, or – now that I think about it – perhaps a decade, on and off. I don’t recall injuring it, so I am not exactly sure what is causing the pain, although it’s quite po...

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Behind the trash truck

January 14, 2019

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

A couple of mornings ago, I opened the front door to send my youngest child off to school and saw a line of cars backed up on my street, not moving. Looking to my left I noticed that they were behind the trash truck, and remembered that it was a regular trash pickup mo...

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Open letter to a grieving sibling

August 17, 2018

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

Hello.

This letter is to you, and just you. You are grieving as part of a family group, yes – but you have your own unique grief as a sibling, and you need your own letter.

I cannot say that I “welcome” you into this club that no one wants to join. But I want you to know...

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David Whyte on heartbreak

December 25, 2017

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

I've missed you all. I have not been able to post in quite some time. As some of you know, I have begun work on a masters degree in education through the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, and the time I've had to put into my two courses this fall, along with everyt...

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When to hold on, when to let go

August 28, 2017

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

I love having a yard but don’t have much time to do anything about how it looks. Frequently the weeds rival the flowers in height, and I wonder whether we might receive a summons from the town public works department. Often the newspapers pile up on the grass to the po...

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On this day

June 21, 2017

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

On this day in 2014, three years ago, my brother died. He was killed by a drunk driver who also died in the crash.

On this day, here in the northern hemisphere, summer begins. And this particular year, today, my sixth grader is enjoying her last day of school before vac...

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Grief and weather

April 25, 2017

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

I know people whose emotions fluctuate in response to the weather, but I never used to be one of them. Similar to what my father calls a “teacher-proof” student (one motivated to learn no matter the strength of the student-teacher bond or quality of the instruction), I...

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Something will always be wrong

March 22, 2017

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

Not long ago, I had one of those days. They come along periodically, and randomly, it seems. I wake up with a nagging sensation of trouble. Initially I wonder if I’ve neglected to take care of something important for work, or if I have to pay a bill, or sign a child up...

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What could be helpful to say?

March 4, 2017

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

When someone close to a friend or family member dies, we often wonder: What can I possibly say? We wrestle with our sadness and discomfort. Sometimes we manage to send a message fairly quickly but don’t know how to continue the conversation. Other times it takes us a l...

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