Tag Archives: death

Over the Border

In what moment from your life have you felt truly present? My dad was the last to say goodbye to my mom. He sat on the edge of her bed and started repeating a saying he used several times: In … Continue reading

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Questions and Answers

What the trait you most deplore in others? When people talk over others!  What is your greatest regret? Not listening to my gut? If you could change one thing about our family, what would it be? More time together. How … Continue reading

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Place

On the last day of the worldI would want to plant a tree what fornot for the fruit the tree that bears the fruitis not the one that was planted I want the tree that standsin the earth for the … Continue reading

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Gardening

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. – Iris Murdoch In the garden the door is always open into the holy – growth, birth, death. … Continue reading

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School shootings: A Student’s Perspective

I love the Op Ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader I’m a 13-year-old girl who … Continue reading

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