Amory Peck
When I read Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, it felt like a conversation with a good friend–casual, witty, and personal. Then, as talk with a good friend often does, her words became just what I needed to hear. “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it, instead, as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”
Of course! No matter our age, we’re all in the process of becoming some new innovation of ourselves. Approaching eighty, I find myself sorting through memories, reconsidering what I’ve learned, and putting together the worldview I see today. I am keen to put my thoughts into words, but I’ve never been a successful journal writer. It is much easier for me to write when I can picture someone reading what I’ve said. Thank you for being the one for whom I’m posting these thoughts.
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The Creche and the Sleigh
Dear Readers, It’s my custom to write a Christmas letter to stick into the cards I send during the holidays. I name some of the year’s events. Then I include the feelings and learnings of past twelve months. How I had been changed. The impetus to create such a missive didn’t come this year. I realized that my blogs had served that purpose throughout 2021. Those blogs were written for you, of course. Instead of saying again what I’ve said before, here’s some Advent thinking I’d like to share...
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