Ripples #1355: Living In the After
PEBBLE
There will always be a before and an after, and you have to learn to live in the after.~Rachel Hawkins, shared by Kathy in Appleton, WI (who stumbled upon this passage in the novel “Reckless Girls” and liked that one of the characters had the phrase “In the After” tattooed on her inner wrist to remind herself where to focus her time/energy/life)
BOULDER
It is not wrong to have moments of joy and laughter in the midst of pain and grief – rather it means that we are able to hold multiple contradicting truths all at once, and that is a beautiful thing.…
May 12, 2025