“When the Herald calls, you’re supposed to go tell the story. Sometimes the message isn’t for you, it’s for someone else.”

“I decided that instead of setting lofty expectations, I’d practice temperance. And patience. And discipline. And grace. And gentleness. And kindness. And empathy.”

Reflections from throughout the year on what - and who - keeps us going.

The many ways we recharged, restored, rekindled our fire throughout the year.

“Margi always found calm. In her own writing she said, ‘Having cancer has taught me about patience and lack of control, and how to spend as much time as I can with those I love.’”

“I had no vision for myself, and was spending way too much time chasing someone else’s. It was time to claim a vision for my life and step in faith.”

“…I share my experience now because I know I’m not alone, and I hope it will help someone else.”

“Liberation is tied to our social well-being as a collective. We cannot fix this world until we come home within, to ourselves, to the land, to all of life, including each other… Liberated self does not need to commodify and destroy the earth to make money."

“I keep saying it’s brave to grow older, but it is. Because it’s the time when you’re confronting everything you’ve ever done and passing judgement, and hoping you come out on the plus side.”

“I worked hard – really hard – to not stifle their grief… so many memories of me as a youth trying to stop any family dynamics that included pain.”