Category: Personal
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Where Is This Going?
The short answer: LedaCunningham.com. The longer answer . . . Six months ago I sent Greetings into the world like a kite, tossing it up to the internet sky and watching the wind take it for a spin. I felt grounded by self-knowledge and confidence, having stepped off my career path temporarily to reconsider its destination…
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Baklava and Baby Birds
When my kids and I moved to North Carolina ten years ago, we needed to put down roots quickly. I was a suicide widow and single mom with a travel-heavy job; they were five- and six-years-old, about to start a new school in a new state in a different life. We needed a village, to…
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Roundup
Six bins of Christmas decorations erupted into the living room last night. My son brought them down from storage as I whirled around the house collecting residual items of orange, brown, and yellow, making way for the red and green. It’s a quick pivot this year, from gratitude to joy. I have both, plus weeks…
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Storm Season
With the recent anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29th, a day that also marks the anniversary of my husband’s death by suicide, I can’t help but see parallels for those left behind in the wake of tragedy, and the communities that surround them. My husband ended his life eleven years ago. The long aftermath…
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Greetings
Hi! This is my first Substack post. I’ve always loved to write and now I’m committing to myself, and to you, to publish something meaningful once a month. Like my annual New Years card to family and friends (some of you are here, hello!), I hope it connects us through story-telling and reflection on life’s…
