That Place You Love: Real People. Real Stories.
Round-Up on Recovery; Next-Up Hoax. Saturday is still not Friday... I know.
All quiet on the home front…
Over the past 18 days, we welcomed people who we love & cherish, and yesterday, we said goodbye to the last of our 80 guests.
It was a blast!
I grew up in communities of artists & creatives with people coming & going. It’s a healthy form of anarchy that I call organized chaos.
I couldn’t help but bring this approach to our wedding.
Over the days leading up to the pinnacle event, everyone enacted their own contribution to the festivities without waiting for direction, from making hoagies to DJ’ing to cleaning to babysitting to carpooling to photographing to handstand competitions.
We created The People’s Wedding as an opportunity for our guests to shine.
And it worked!
Round Up on Recovery & New Theme - Hoax - below!
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4 Contributors weighed in on RECOVERY:
I wrote about an essay I pitched & published as a form of recovery and how tachycardia almost ruined my wedding day.
Carole D writes from the point of view of Heathcliff, a beloved dog recovering from a leg injury. Apparently, dogs think they water the grass when the pee!
Karen E shares a moving example of MICRO-RECOVERY and suggests that small moment of calm or joy amidst stress can have a powerful impact.
Melissa S finds recovery at The People’s Wedding, sharing her desires & intentions with friends & strangers alike, and returning home rejuvenated.
Intact Animal, my co-host at The People’s Wedding, celebrates the intention & reward of welcoming worldly personalities with an open door & two kisses.
READ & HEART this week’s writers & SHARE your own story in the comments.
Next Up: HOAX
On August 25th, 1835, the Great Moon Hoax launched in The Sun, a penny press newspaper. A series of six articles about life on the moon drove up sales.
At lunch with my cousin and his wife yesterday, I was told that my uncle, who is 87-years-old, is repeatedly called by a fake law firm and a salesperson from a timeshare scam trying to get money from him.
I also protect my mother from hoaxes designed to trick the elderly and/or unsuspecting people into giving out personal information.
The power of narrative is strong because people genuinely want to believe what they hear, read, and see.
Where does HOAX take you? First-person accounts welcome.
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Have a great weekend.
Sincerely, for real.
Michelle