#18: “We Have Derailed”

Cocoon by Lizzie Heiselt

Jul 28, 201700:38:08Kids & family

It’s often the long view of life that is the clearest. We know where we want to go, where we want to end up, but it’s the getting there that is difficult. If we are serious about what we want, we do whatever...

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