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Let us plant dates
On creation, hope and leading with love for what we may never see
Feb 19 • Sarah A McLean
"The opposite of war isn't peace... it's creation"
Keeping creativity (and a bougainvillea) alive in winter
Feb 17 • Sarah A McLean
You might have to eat your face to get there
What a leopard gecko taught me about shedding, metabolizing, and the sometimes invisible work of becoming
Feb 12 • Sarah A McLean
Quiet is not the same as dead
What a hermit crab taught me about the messy middle of transition
Feb 10 • Sarah A McLean
It wasn't anxiety.
What 15 years of diarrhea taught me about listening to my body
Feb 3 • Sarah A McLean
The faculty wife
What happens when unpaid labor stops being free
Jan 24 • Sarah A McLean
The dragonfly
On incremental change, unseen helpers, and growing wings
Jan 22 • Sarah A McLean
Missing the mask
On boundaries, emotional labor, and keeping something for myself
Jan 21 • Sarah A McLean
We build the nest anyway
The grief of letting go--from weaning to watching them turn 18
Jan 16 • Sarah A McLean
It's not just stress
What I learned about perimenopause, brain fog, and advocating for answers
Jan 14
Keeping the dove
My son says my peace emoji 🕊️means "RIP." I'm keeping it anyway. Here's why.
Jan 8 • Sarah A McLean
Who should I be reading?
My bookshelf revealed a gap. Help me fill it.
Jan 6 • Sarah A McLean
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