it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.

The thing about being alive is that everything we come to love, we will lose.  That may sound nihilistic or cold to you, especially coming from a therapist who is absolutely enamored with glimmers, but in fact, it’s true.  Even now, as we move into the winter season, many of us grieve the passing of summer.  We turn fearfully toward the darkness, armed …