HeyJaredThe Bookends of Life
Witnessing and experiencing birth and death to be grounded in life’s finitude and meaning
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Romance at the Bookends of Life (opens the original)
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The Bookends of Life is a collection of reflections about witnessing and experiencing birth and death to be grounded in life’s finitude and meaning.After the births of our six children, my husband always writes a blessing inspired by their names. Before he shares his words at the gathering with friends and family, my responsibility is to say thank yous. In my delirious newborn state, I usually riff and try to relive my failed attempt to get into the improv comedy group in college.<a class="image
Time at the Bookends of Life (opens the original)
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The Bookends of Life is a collection of reflections about witnessing and experiencing birth and death to be grounded in life’s finitude and meaning.The final days leading up to my sixth birth have become a humbling, initially unwelcome reminder of how much we want to control time, and how rarely time agrees to be controlled.I should know. This is what I do and write about for a living. Well, turns out I’m a human just like you, and I too want to know exactly when I am going to give birth and und
Visualization at the Bookends of Life (opens the original)
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The Bookends of Life is a collection of reflections about witnessing and experiencing birth and death to be grounded in life’s finitude and meaning.My husband has a sweet habit of asking, “What were you thinking about?” when I have a rare moment alone after he takes his evening shower and the kids are already asleep.“I was imagining you were dead.”Subscribe now<p sty
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