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Magic in the Mess is a newsletter about navigating life’s biggest reinventions with soulful storytelling, sacred self-trust, and the radical reclaiming of joy.
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The Weight We Carry (opens the original)
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Rationing Love (opens the original)
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There are a lot of ways to become a parent.Some people carry a child for nine months. Some wait years through paperwork and interviews and home studies. Some become parents all at once, the day a judge signs a document or a baby is placed in their arms. I became a parent more gradually than that. One ordinary day I was dating a woman with a funny, brilliant kid, and then, almost without noticing exactly when it happened, I was reminding that kid to take their medication before school, scheduling
The Things That Get in the Way of Love (opens the original)
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This essay is Part Two of a four-part series exploring the small stories that quietly shape the way we love. If you missed last week’s essay, The Things That Get in the Way of Love (Part 1), you may want to start there. While each piece stands on its own, together they tell the story of a single Saturday morning that unraveled something I didn’t know I believed.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WhFm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep
The Things That Get in the Way (opens the original)
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The Mayfly (opens the original)
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