Cedar Writes

Tag: meaning of life

  • A Mother’s Purpose

    A Mother’s Purpose

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I started on this journey twenty-four years ago, plus a few months. With the birth of my first child, I knew my life had been inalterably changed, and it was wonderful. What I never thought about, through the years of having four children grow from babies to active children to teens and then into adulthood,…

  • The Shape of Responsibility

    The Shape of Responsibility

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    Yesterday I talked about how I savor my freedom, and the independence I have gained that means I can do whatever I want to do. But you mustn’t think that the responsibilities I have tie me down or restrain me from that freedom. Instead, they define me and give me purpose in life that propels…

  • When I grow up…

    When I grow up…

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    I don’t know what I want to do when I grow up. Years ago, when I was six, I decided that I wanted to be a scientist. I was mildly obsessed with plants, animals, ecology, and in general the outdoors and books (sometimes in combination) throughout my childhood and well into my teens. And then……

  • Home Executive: The Foundation

    Home Executive: The Foundation

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I promised that I would talk about why I have been writing this series, and the principles behind why I do what I do… But it’s not an easy thing for me to write about. For all that I probably look like I splay my life out here, for all to see, there’s a lot…

  • The Last Class

    The Last Class

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    I’ve been marking these milestones, for the last week or so now. I’m so close… today was the last class I sat in, the last lecture for the degree, the last exam review. Molecular techniques, if you were wondering about the topic, and he told us about how gene manipulation is carried out real-world (something…