When Tonya and I created the idea for Get Real, I think hearing about how she fits work & creative work into her day was one of the topics I was most interested to read about.  Sitting down to write my own story here, my mind was a complete blank at first.  How do I ...
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I can’t get this photo out of my head. Doesn’t she look amazing?  This Texas grandma is one of seven who locked themselves to trucks trying to build the Keystone XL pipeline on private homeowner’s properties in Texas.  I’m not sure how they did it, but they locked themselves so effectively that it took them ...
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Last night, after the little ones were sleeping, we talked about how we’ve been working nonstop and we’re pretty exhausted, but we’re grateful. Grateful to have a healthy family, grateful to be here on this good piece of earth, grateful for the work. Ben said, “If we didn’t have all this work to do, we’d ...
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these quotes . . . ” Your work will prove your love. You may be exhausted with work, you may even kill yourself, but unless your work is interwoven with love, it is useless. To work without love is slavery.” – Mother Teresa, from No Greater Joy “Kindness has converted more people than zeal, eloquence, ...
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