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I’ve created an entire lifestyle around my favorite times with my husband. I started photographing wildlife to entice him out of the house when he was sick. He spotted them, I photographed them. Our last few years became wonderful adventures to the wild places he loved. Sometimes I wrote little stories for him to go with the photos. Now, I go alone and write about my adventures. The challenge of being a caregiver opened the door to what I never knew I had a passion for. I think grief is not something to “heal,” but something to successfully integrate as an aspect of love.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Kristi

I laughed at this story Kristi, because I have such a clear vision of you and Curtis wolfing down chocolate pie, even though I never actually caught you in the act.

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Mar 16, 2022Liked by Kristi

Do Saturday morning strawberry and whipped cream croissants qualify. We need to do that on the deck as soon as the weather is more motivating.

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I love this story so much.

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Apr 23, 2022Liked by Kristi

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Icy cold sombreros, drunk out of a big bowl type glass in the moonlight. Roasted peanuts still in shell, cracked open and smacked up while the shells get thrown into the fire. That's the only time now I have Kahlua, on natural holidays (like the spring equinox) and full moons

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This is beautiful. (And now I want chocolate cream pie.)

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