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Endings & Beginnings

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Our lives are shaped by a series of stories, each with its own narrative arc. We leave home and welcome people to our home; we enter our reproductive years and leave them; we end one piece of our life’s work and begin another. Endings and beginnings are bittersweet—we celebrate each with the awareness of the other. 

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“The fish are passing through sunlight and shadow”

Silhouette of a person standing in water at sunset with the sun setting behind them.

Experience of a refugee from the Soviet Union

Person walking on train tracks with a brown suitcase, wearing a frilly skirt, polka-dot socks, and boots.
God, without boundary, / please widen our gaze.
clouds blowing across a blue sky
You want to leave in peace. / I want to write your name with love.
woman with backpack facing a wintry lake and mountains
A family with children laughing and dining together at a table set with food and drinks.
A person writing in a journal with a decorative pen, wearing rings and sitting outdoors.

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