RIP Charlie Kirk
When I was a little girl, I would spend summers with my extended family in France. There was a beautiful rhythm to life then, centered around meals. I recall evening-time, when we would all be assembled for dinner, on the terrace with the swallows swooping in large loops near the mountain near us. I recall how we would eat well, and what I recall the most, were the vigorous discussions and debates which would often take place. So, in hearing about Charlie Kirk's death, I was
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New Book!
Click on the link below to access my new book, The Process of Purpose: How Death Defines Our Real Meaning : https://www.amazon.com/Proces...
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