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marked safe
Life can be hard sometimes. Even though there is so much to be thankful for, and many good things and positive people in the world,...

Ilan Cooley
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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roy-g-biv
I forget a lot of things lately, like walking into a room and not remembering why. I used to use the mnemonic device ROY-G-BIV to help...

Ilan Cooley
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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the beach
On a beach in Costa Rica, I witnessed the fragile and miraculous journey of life’s ups and downs in a 30-foot journey down a sandy sunset...

Ilan Cooley
Dec 20, 20212 min read
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a seat at the table
"I will let go of loneliness, and replace it with liveliness. I will let go of the disappointments, and replace them with hopefulness. I...

Ilan Cooley
Jun 28, 20213 min read
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sourdough and other sticky things
"I guess there is a little bit of comfort in knowing we are all in this together. We are all stuck in it. Stuck together—stuck like...

Ilan Cooley
Jan 25, 20214 min read
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whimper and roar
"I have found a way to be thankful for many things, including adversity, because I know nobody only gets the good stuff. " My life tends...

Ilan Cooley
Jan 11, 20213 min read
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walking away
We hold each other’s hands as he draws his last breath, her head on his chest. Inaudible words escape our lips. The world is a blur...

Ilan Cooley
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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the good
In her final days she called her friends and family to gather. She asked us to gather and we did.

Ilan Cooley
Sep 28, 20203 min read
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black lives matter. period.
If you cannot put someone else’s needs ahead of your own, you have some work to do.

Ilan Cooley
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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the stranger
It could be the oddest thing that has happened in a while, or one of the most pure and kind things that...

Ilan Cooley
Dec 29, 20193 min read
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