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To Care (what people think) or Not To Care? That is the Question.

May 21, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 1 Comment

I won’t kid myself thinking I can actually ever not care what people think. I am, after all, Lynn Haraldson: Worrier Extraordinaire.

Happiness Is…

April 27, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 4 Comments

I remember stopping for gas at a Super America somewhere in Minneapolis in April 1996, and before I got out of my car, KS95 started to play the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun".

Self-Kindness (the “da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron” version)

April 12, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

"Don’t forget to do nice things for yourself. There’s beauty in giving, and nothing says we can’t also be the receiver."

This is 40

March 21, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

I can’t say, “Has it been forty years already?” because when someone you love dies, even a day without them is a lifetime.

“Where were the adults?”: A 2023 Perspective on 1983

March 6, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 3 Comments

“Where were the adults?” they asked. “Why did no one take care of you?”

The Giving Cactus

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 1 Comment

I took it home again and repotted it not long after my father died. I kept it in the appropriate amount of sun, gave it the appropriate amount of water, and together, we began to heal.

Don’t Let Pride Get in the Way

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 12 Comments

What does it mean to “Don’t stop until you’re proud”? That seems like a lot of pressure to put on ourselves.

Cover Design Poll! (and an excerpt)

February 3, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 11 Comments

I’ve been pinching myself all week (and not sleeping well) as my book, An Obesity of Grief: A Journey from Traumatic Loss to Undying Love, is now in production mode. Edits are complete, and now we’re deciding on a cover design. Help us decide by clicking on this link: Koehler Books Cover Poll. (I promise … Continue reading Cover Design Poll! (and an excerpt)

‘Twas the Night Before the Night Before Christmas

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

Haraldson Christmas Rule Number One: No gift shall be opened until Christmas Eve. No exceptions.

The Unassuming Santa

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

I miss my dad all the time, but especially at Christmas, when I know children would be looking at him, thinking, Is that Santa?

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"This is a story that anyone who has known long-term grief will hold tight to their heart." Diane Zinna, author of The The All-Night Sun and Letting Grief Speak: Writing Portals for Life After Loss

For more than 25 years, I've been writing about love, change, grief, and (occasionally) politics, trusting that there is more that unites than divides us. When I address weight-ish issues these days, it’s through a different lens than when I wrote my Lynn’s Weigh blog (2005-2015). May it–and my scale–rest in peace. I was 33 and blond when I started my writing career. Now, 58 and gray,  I feel like (with apologies to The Carpenters) I’ve only just begun to live…and write.

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