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A few days ago, my mom responded to a text I’d sent her by saying, “Hello!! Good morning!! I love you!!” Mom didn’t know it at the time, but I was having a rough morning. Her text was so loving and joyful that it changed the course of my whole day. Just that one message arriving at a time when …

Twenty-four years ago, Monty and I had to go to pre-marital counseling in order for us to be married in the church we’d chosen. At the end of our first session, the pastor folded his hands in his lap and said somewhat sadly, “You two are complete opposites.” This wasn’t news to us. We’d been together for five years at …

Last week, I wrote a post about the movie “Joker.” I wrote about feeling the same way that Arthur Fleck, a.k.a. Joker, felt—maligned, overlooked, and misunderstood. When I was writing it, I kept thinking of this quote by Anais Nin that I’ve always related to: “Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.” …

Last night, Monty and I watched “Joker,” starring Joaquin Phoenix. Phoenix’s portrayal of Arthur Fleck, the mentally ill man who becomes the Joker, is brilliant. Arthur has tried his whole life to fit in and be like everyone else. His mother always told him that his purpose in life was to make people laugh, so he makes his living as …