This Woman Doesn’t Believe In God, But Her View On Life And Death Is Absolutely Heavenly

Flowers have always been sappy to me, until this writer compared me to one. I think we could all benefit from feeling already in bloom. Julia Sweeney is one of the great storytellers of our time, and this is just one of the many gems of wisdom she has dropped into my life.

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Jul 13, 2013

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