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    Starting over
    Vera Johnson
    • May 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Starting over

    It’s not easy to talk about. Some days I have to choke back the tears. I get asked the basic questions: Why Maine? Why did I move here? How could you leave Seattle? Often, when you need a big change, you have to jump and trust the net to appear. That's what I did. “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist I am no stranger to the falls. To get up more gracefully is my new practice. On a camping trip in '99 wit
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