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Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
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When my grown daughter let me know how my words had impacted her, I regretted every time I said something negative about my body, not realizing the harm I was imprinting on my perfectly made young girls.
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A Reflection for Monday in the Octave of Easter, by Valerie Schultz
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I understand that yoga can be a controversial practice. But for many of us older people, it helps us pay attention to our bodies and our minds, to the way they can work together for our health and well-being.
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A Reflection for Friday of the Second Week of Lent, by Valerie Schultz
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A Reflection for Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Good theater draws us into its few hours of seeming reality, but it is most effective when it speaks to our lived reality.
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A Reflection for a Christmas Weekday, by Valerie Schultz
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A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Many of us regular folks, powerless folks, are intimidated by the possible danger of opposing hateful statutes carried out in our name.
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A Reflection for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls), by Valerie Schultz