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Why do we react like this?

Why do we react like this?

Matthew Schildkret
Hi, I keep writing these newsletters because it feels like a way to stay alive inside my own experience.  I find myself wondering, are you feeling this too? This dimension...
Finding Strength in Vulnerability

Finding Strength in Vulnerability

Matthew Schildkret
Hi, Every life leaves a wake. This is the nature of passion, inspiration, heartbreak, and error, the residue of choices made by a version of ourselves we may no longer...
SLOW down

SLOW down

Matthew Schildkret
Hello from Hell,   I wish I were joking. I’m writing this the morning after eating some questionable lettuce at lunch yesterday. It was the kind of night nearly every...
Onward We go - Late Sunday Afternoon

Onward We go

Matthew Schildkret
Happy New Year.   Not in the fireworks-and-resolution sense.More in the blink-and-suddenly-it’s-gone sense. This year moved fast. Faster than I expected, faster than I was ready for. It carried our...
YOU-GET-WHAT-YOU-GIVE Late Sunday Afternoon

YOU GIVE WHAT YOU GET

Matthew Schildkret
THANK YOU, CHICAGO!!! This is a love letter to you. I want you to know how deeply you warmed my heart this year. For months, I’ve been writing to you...
HAPPY-MOTHER-S-DAY-MOM Late Sunday Afternoon

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM

Matthew Schildkret
A Mother’s Day Reflection: Love, Memory & Gratitude Dear Mom, I wish I had another story to tell, but this is our story. You have lived with dementia for the...
LAUGHTER-KEEPS-US-HUMBLE Late Sunday Afternoon

LAUGHTER KEEPS US HUMBLE

Matthew Schildkret
Hello from wherever you are, If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to November, 2025. Good on you. You’re here mostly because of your ancestors, each one carrying you —...
I-LIVE-IN-THIS-SCARF Late Sunday Afternoon

I LIVE IN THIS SCARF

Matthew Schildkret
What a wild and wonderful week it’s been. I have two children under three, so forgive the typos and the wandering sentences. I honestly don’t know how anyone does it....
THE-PRACTICE-OF-RECIEVING Late Sunday Afternoon

THE PRACTICE OF RECIEVING

Matthew Schildkret
THE PRACTICE OF RECIEVING
YOUR-INTENTIONS-ARE-CHOICES Late Sunday Afternoon

YOUR INTENTIONS ARE CHOICES

Matthew Schildkret
YOUR INTENTIONS ARE CHOICES
SHOWING-UP Late Sunday Afternoon

SHOWING UP

Matthew Schildkret
SHOWING UP
FAMILY-TIME Late Sunday Afternoon

FAMILY TIME

Matthew Schildkret
FAMILY TIME