MAY NEWSLETTER: UPHEAVALS

Reclaiming HOPE from the Rubble

"Cheryl Leutjen Writes"

A friend in Missouri texts, “5000 homes in St Louis destroyed by tornadoes but FEMA defunding means no assistance.” Another friend with stage 4 cancer hopes for a clinical trial but worries about NIH grant defunding. A friend in West Virginia shares of farmers poised to lose everything because of

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A Mother’s Day.

When It’s Not All Cards and Sloppy Kisses.

The night before Mother’s Day, I posted on Facebook that I was “gearing up for my day of sleeping in, receiving adulation and general sloth.” I did sleep in, by my definition, but still woke up long before my children stirred. As in recent years past, I patiently waited in bed, reading my book and enjoying the coffee my husband, David, brought me.

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A Return to Neighborly.

Can Buy Nothing Groups Help Fill the Tariff Voids?

Thinking about the empty store shelves we will soon see, I am feeling ever more grateful for my Buy Nothing group. I’ve received so much from my neighbors, from a tiny needle threader to a foldout couch for my office. Half my office

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