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Kim Bryant

Motherhood: Inception, Alchemy, and Option: Part Two of a Short Series

I believe, perhaps too strongly, in living a life with a plan. Not for me, the aimless floating in the Flow! Rigorous self examination is…

6 min readOct 25, 2020

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Motherhood: Inception, Alchemy, and Option: Part Two of a Short Series

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Kim Bryant

To Love Being a Mother: Part One of a Short Series

I used to think of myself as having “given up” my young adulthood to be a mother. It was a sacrifice, almost a burden. I didn’t get the…

7 min readSep 24, 2020

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To Love Being a Mother: Part One of a Short Series

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Kim Bryant

Making My Own Magic: The Healing Power of Imaginative Play (Yes, for Adults, too)

Many who know me believe my life is magical, that the shadows of my childhood have been banished. And in some ways, they’re right. My…

5 min readSep 10, 2020

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Making My Own Magic: The Healing Power of Imaginative Play (Yes, for Adults, too)

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Kim Bryant
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Bell, Book, and Candle: How Books Saved This Lonely Child

School started this week; with students split between virtual and in-person teaching, economic disparity and the limitation of resources…

6 min readAug 28, 2020

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Bell, Book, and Candle: How Books Saved This Lonely Child

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Kim Bryant

The End of the Great Pause: Establishing Rituals to Renew and Reset

I sense in my bones that the long pause of spring and summer is over. The pace of our lives is quickening. Months of binge-watching Tiger…

4 min readAug 22, 2020

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The End of the Great Pause: Establishing Rituals to Renew and Reset

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Kim Bryant
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Curious

She Was a Voice: A Review of the Novel, “the Book of Longings”

“Lord our God, hear my prayer, the prayer of my heart. Bless the largeness inside me, no matter how I fear it. Bless my reed pens and my…

4 min readAug 6, 2020

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She Was a Voice: A Review of the Novel, “the Book of Longings”

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Kim Bryant

Into the Storm: A Hurricane Hanna Tale

“Phooey,” I replied as I stood in the torrent. And then I laughed. I laughed out loud and I snapped photos and I dug my bare toes into the…

7 min readJul 28, 2020

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Into the Storm: A Hurricane Hanna Tale

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Kim Bryant

So Late, So Soon

“How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss

3 min readJul 23, 2020

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So Late, So Soon

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Kim Bryant

My Single Daughter Is An Equal Citizen: Confronting Bias at the Polls

Cathy stands there, slack-jawed, stunned in her American flag tee shirt and jean capris, salt-and-pepper bob riffling in the breeze that…

7 min readJul 16, 2020

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My Single Daughter Is An Equal Citizen: Confronting Bias at the Polls

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Kim Bryant

Scaling the Rock of Disappointment: Tales of Coronavirus Setbacks

“What do you do when disappointment comes? When it weighs on you like a rock, you can either let it press you down until you become…

7 min readJul 2, 2020

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Scaling the Rock of Disappointment: Tales of Coronavirus Setbacks

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Kim Bryant

Kim Bryant

With a newly empty nest and an occasional mid-life crisis, I am a writer, dreamer, sometime fairy, once-upon-a-time teacher, theatre artist, wife, and mom.

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