(I wrote you a poem)

The End of the World We have been through a thousand crises and, true, some have broken us, some required      years of healing.               But now we are stronger in           those broken places.      And this new crisis           doesn’t have to be       the end           of the world, again.                Just an end.

Dear friend, reader, fellow sufferer

(Honestly, though, the angels get excited about everything)

FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out

They're safe here, they're home

As I shared recently, I help out with social media for the Madeleine L’Engle accounts, which is such a delight and honor. Back in August, I shared five of my favorite quotes of Madeleine on writing, which we post on the socials on Fridays. If you missed it, you

on starting again

And some numbers, if you like that sort of thing

The Death of Leaves Jessica Kantrowitz You are not the leaves which blaze with color every fall, then fall ground into the ground. Their death is not your death. No, you are the tree, which moves its energy down in autumn, to the roots, in ample store. Bare branches best