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Four Days Before My Book Launches, Here Are Six Things I Learned (So Far) From Writing It
Four Days Before My Book Launches, Here Are Six Things I Learned (So Far) From Writing It

Welcome to summer and to the quarterly (ish) list of things I'm learning. As we welcome summer, I’m reflecting on what I've learned in the past 12 months of writing a book.

If you're new to my writing or my public blog space, welcome! In the words of Emily P. Freeman, I’m sharing “in-process considerations, not necessarily fully worked out narratives.”

Thanks for reading!

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Things I Learned, The Spacious PathTamara Hill Murphywriting
Grief in Advent: A five-minute reflection on Advent eve
Grief in Advent: A five-minute reflection on Advent eve

GRIEF

Oof. 2020 has been one for the books. I think one of the best gifts we can offer in response to this year is to keep telling our stories.

It's natural for humans to remember the details surrounding global-scale tragedies and to tell the stories over and over for the rest of their lives. It's the stuff of family histories as well as the plotlines for society's retelling of itself archived in books, documentaries, and movies.

Where were you when it happened?

Where were you when the president was shot, the bomb dropped, the towers fell?

So, friends, where were you when coronavirus hit? It's a bit tricky to piece together these details into a shareable story, right? Especially since we're like 9 months in and the tragedy is still unfolding. We're still in the part of the story where we're frantically trying to find out if our friends and family are safe and if they've heard the news yet.

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Advent, Wholeness & HealingTamara Hill Murphygrief, Patreon, writing