Happy Sunday! I'm writing to you once again from my mom's house in Ohio. I'm so happy to connect with you! As I write this, there is a squirrel scurrying up a tree right outside and she's noisy as all get-out. I love her playful spunkiness. Right before I sat down to write to y...
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Happy Sunday! I'm writing to you from my mom's house in Ohio! This is the first time I've seen her in a year and a half. It is so wonderful. Full disclosure — I recorded today's audio LoveGram while I was still in San Francisco. I knew that I would be so caught up in all the...
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If you listened to Sunday's Audio LoveGram, you heard that I was celebrating receiving the trademark for the phrase, Love List. (Wheee!) For those of you who are new, a Love List is simply a list of specific reasons why we love someone. It shows that person the impact they've h...
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Hello! This morning I send you a feeling of peacefulness, no matter what is going on: a deep breath, the scent of freshly-mown grass, the glimpse of a deer dashing into the woods. I send you permission for self-care, for saying "no," for choosing to do something that makes y...
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Hello! Today, I send you the sound of the geese overhead and the awe-inspiring "V" they make in the sky. I send you friends and family who can make that metaphorical "V" with you — switching off the lead position, allowing the uplift from the person in front, tra...
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Hello. Today, I send you the voice of a friend who is lying in a hammock, watching lightening bugs on a summer night. I send you wild blueberries. I send you the mourning dove. I send you blue water, wide skies, and a wooden rowboat. Today, my LoveGram is about boats. A...
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Hello, friend. It's Father's Day here in the United States, Canada, and the UK. I’m sending big hugs to everyone who is a dad or who is celebrating their dads or the dads of your children. I'm sending love to everyone whose fathers have passed away or whose children hav...
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Hello! Don't you just love the smile on Birgit's face in that photo up above? She radiates joy! Birgit Penzenstadler is a beautiful person in our community whom I've gotten to know over the years. She always takes my "say it now" or "celebrate now" suggestions and immediatel...
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Those of you who know me, know that when I was a young woman, I went through a very challenging time dealing with depression and anxiety. One of the things that helped save me was the practice of making something called a Love List ® ( Haha. I JUST got the trademark this week + ...
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Hello, my beautiful friend. Today I send you the sweet, sudden perfume of jasmine as you pass by a cornflower blue house on a tree-lined street. I send you the magic of the crows who show up, day after day, to underscore something important and necessary. I send you lesso...
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