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Last night was our community meal. We often sing Happy Birthday to people. Last night we sang happy birthday to ourselves as Americans. We also sang Take Me Home, Country Roads - fun even if we couldn't sing it very well and needed the words to the verses. We could belt it out when it came to the refrain. We all seem to get both teary and joyful about being taken home to some ideal place. Our little community meal is the best thing we have going to address where America n

"Each of you brings something unique and beautiful to our family, and together, we create a tapestry of connection, care, and unbreakable unity." (author unknown) This morning I was feeling puny. As I listened in to my thoughts, clearly they were not helping. Catastrophizing. It goes...this-thing-is-not good-and-this-not-good-thing-means-more-not-good-things-are-going-to-happen-even-worse-not-good-things. It took a bit of effort to pull myself out of the downward spiral.