Never underestimate the healing power of empathy.
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"My Dear Sister, as the world turns the corner and steps into a New Year, it is a time-honored tradition to think about new beginnings. I don’t know about you but I find this to be somewhat challenging at times, especially if you.."
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"My Dear Sisters, 'You know you’re gay, right?' I don’t remember where I was when my friend said this to me. All I remember is I was a junior in high school - at a Catholic school - and all I could do was frantically try to assure her that I wasn’t… what she just said..."
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"To my sista-friends: When I was little, I always dreamed of a big, adventurous life, traveling the world with my family, seeing incredible things. I craved adventure..."
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"To my sisters, carry a light, and bring along the oil, for you know not how long you will wait for Him. A mother, a wife, and a woman who has stood trembling at death’s door..."
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"Dear Sisters in Christ, sometimes Jesus has to bop you upside the head with a 2x4 to get your attention. You feel me?..."
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"Dear Sisters, On the move again, boxes filled with 'home', bare walls, empty closets, eating out of to-go-boxes… all to the unknown..."
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"Dear sweet sisters, We are this, because of that. Sometimes when life sucker punches us, we lament about the suffering and the pain and the loss..."
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"Dear Sisters in Christ, there is much more to life than meets the eye – a saying we all hear, but don’t comprehend until we have the opportunity to look back..."
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"My name is Chelsea, I am 30 years old, mother to three little girls. As I write this I am watching my oldest play on the porch. It's a warm, spring day. She's singing and playing with sticks in the sunshine. It's a beautiful moment..."
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"Dear friend, As women living in a massively confusing culture, perhaps we are particularly susceptible to low self-esteem and, worse, self-hatred..."
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"Dear Friend, I am writing to you who feel, or have ever felt, unworthy, unloved, misunderstood, alone, or adrift..."
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"Dear Sister, I write to you from a bed and breakfast in Portland, Maine. It is 7 am, and I am in that lovely time between waking up and sitting down to breakfast (which is my favorite meal)..."
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"My dear Sisters, as women there is an undeniable tug on our hearts to love. How we each express this is as numerous as there are women on the earth & in history..."
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"Dear Sister, I’ve been attracted to women since I was 15. Men were a little earlier. Everybody’s got something, eh?"
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"To my dear sister: Several summers have since passed, but the moment feels so close that I could reach out and grasp it: the off-kilter fan on her back porch toddled loudly, trying to create a sense of relief from the thickly humid summer air..."
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"Dear Sister, What is your deepest desire? Take a moment to close your eyes and remember when you experienced a moment of freedom, of pure bliss, that flash in time..."
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"My dear sisters in Christ, I would like to start this letter by introducing you to my grandmother, Luisa Yanes-Paumier. Born in Santiago de Cuba, she married a Navy sailor & had three daughters. When Fidel Castro came into power..."
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Dear lovely Sisters, 'Every time we go to Mass we renew our vows to Jesus.' This fundamental truth became a reality in my life the moment I knelt the at the communion rail about to receive the Eucharist in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass...
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