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  • Dear LFI: How Do I Fill the Inner Void?

    This is the third post in the Dear LFI series where we converge here on the porch to answer specific, personal, life-issue questions posed by anonymous contributors. Will you offer your thoughts on this issue? My life is going..


  • Five Empowering Words for 2013

    Well, here we are on the other side of the holidays, finding ourselves facing a new year and wondering what it’s all about. Do you feel a little like a cartoon character that emerges with a ‘pop!’..



  • Merry Christmas from the LFI Porch!

    Before you and I get lost in the Christmas festivities, I wanted to come onto the porch to put out the shortbread cookies, eggnog and apple cider in case anybody came by. I’m so glad you came!..



  • It’s Not the End of the World

    At least that’s what my mother used to say when I had a problem. And, no, the world is not going to end on December 21st, 2012 either. Are you nervous, though, even a little? Are you..