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Love is Patient. Love is Kind. (Dammit, I keep forgetting.)

July 12, 2018November 23, 2020 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

In the Bible, specifically Corinthians I:13 (v. 4), the apostle Paul wrote that love is patient and love is kind. He said that if we give to the poor without love as our inspiration, or if we work hard only to brag about it, that we’re nothing more than a bunch of clanging gongs and … Continue reading Love is Patient. Love is Kind. (Dammit, I keep forgetting.)

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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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