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,...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jun 27, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 25, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Ilan Cooley
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
the good
In her final days she called her friends and family to gather. She asked us to gather and we did.
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Ilan Cooley
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
black lives matter. period.
If you cannot put someone else’s needs ahead of your own, you have some work to do.
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 29, 2019
- 3 min
the stranger
It could be the oddest thing that has happened in a while, or one of the most pure and kind things that...
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