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Crow’s Feet

Downsizing

It wasn’t giving up the things that hurt

5 min readApr 26, 2024

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House outline with stitched heart inside

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P.S. I Love You

How I Saw God in a Stink Bug

The stink bugs came into my life at a time of great change. I was planning to leave the house where I’d lived for over twenty years and…

5 min readAug 22, 2018

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How I Saw God in a Stink Bug

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C. M. Barrett
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Catness

The Feral Kitten I Wasn’t Going to Adopt

Until I did

4 min read2 days ago

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Black kitten with green eyes

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C. M. Barrett
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Change Your Mind Change Your Life

Anyone Can Have a Dream

Bringing it to Life is What Counts

5 min read5 days ago

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Against a backgroud red with yellow hearts, a butterfly perches on a person’s thumb.

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Mental Health and Addictions Community

Why Does Rejection Hurt So Much?

It’s biological

5 min readMay 1, 2024

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A dejected-looking person with a broken heart holding a wilted flower

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C. M. Barrett
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Change Your Mind Change Your Life

Life in the Slow Lane

It’s safer, but is safety always what you want?

5 min readApr 25, 2024

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Car stopped behind traffic poles and light

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C. M. Barrett
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Crow’s Feet

Mindfulness and Whinefulness

The whining was making me feel old

4 min readApr 20, 2024

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An old man with a cane stands by a bench with a mountain view.

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Change Your Mind Change Your Life

I’m Unsubscribing to My Past

And I’m reporting its messages as spam.

5 min readApr 17, 2024

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lots of envelopes going into a big one marked “SPAM” on a red background

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C. M. Barrett
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The Partnered Pen

Rejection Hurts

But you can make it hurt less

4 min readApr 11, 2024

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Head with thumbs down outline inside

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C. M. Barrett
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Crow’s Feet

I Found My Mother’s Love When I Most Needed It

And I have never lost it since then

5 min readApr 9, 2024

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My 80-year old mother

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C. M. Barrett

C. M. Barrett

Owned by cats. I write about anything that interests me, and I'm happy to report that the brain cells continue to fire with reassuring regularity.

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