I’ve been doing some long walks in the forest this fall and I’ve adopted hugging trees again. I used to do this on walks with my friend, Sandy, years ago. We’d be walking along and all of a sudden she would step off the side of the trail and start hugging a tree. I would follow suit, and, as my face pressed up against the rough bark and my arms stretched around, I would start to feel calm. I’d close my eyes and say a prayer before unwinding my arms to continue my walk. The H

It was my birthday this month and I decided that once I hit 50, I could start going backwards. Sooo, this year I celebrated my 49th. My sister asked me how it felt to be in my first year of my 40s (she is playing along as I go back down the ladder) and I said I felt fantastic. I wore a tierra that read, “Tiny bit older” as I proudly blew out my forty-nine lit candles. The thing is, I actually did feel a little better by saying I was 49 instead of 51 so maybe there is somethi

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