Kalish MorrowI like to think that lighting the cinnamon and clove candles is the ritual that invites in sweater weather. The sign that soon we’ll be cozying up by the firepit, sipping apple cinnamon toddies while the kiddos watch Hocus Pocus on the projector screen
Kalish MorrowI can’t tell if it’s the ghosts of those who perished in the harsh early days, or the fact that so many people have revived their stories through memorials, monuments, reenactments, and museums that makes the air heavy yet electric. Whatever it is, it’s palpable, especially when you get a private moment to sit with their names etched in stone at the site of their executions.
Kalish MorrowThis is what psychologists would call “Exposure Therapy”, it’s the act of doing something before you’re ready, especially the things that scare you. It’s in the act itself that you build instant confidence. Even when water shot up my nose, or when I hit the surface at a sting-inducing angle, I learned how to improve
Kalish MorrowToo often we hide the flaws of our life thinking it’ll make us appear more perfect, when really the beauty lies in our imperfections, and how we have changed for the better in spite of the things that once left us shattered.