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“Woman, how divine your missionHere upon our natal sod!Keep, oh, keep the young heart openAlways to the breath of God!All true trophies of the agesAre from mother-love impearled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world. –third stanza of “What Rules the World,” by William Ross Wallace, reprinted in a newly…

I am chattering to myself about the upcoming summer. True, it is six months away. And true, I honor living in the moment. But I’m thinking about which summer camp might be right for the two Chattering sons, AND I’m wondering how the heck I’ll be able to pull off my own week-long silent retreat…

Oprah Winfrey is lovable and powerful. She’s a force of nature. I was happy to see, though, that the most recent cover of her magazine featured the big O herself in a tranquil pose that didn’t shout, “Hey, have I ever got it all together!” Her smile here is natural, knowing, and slight. I have…

“…So much held in a heart in a life. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one, in the end–not mother and father, not wife or husband, not lover, not child, not friend. We open windows to each, but we live alone in…
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