9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for May 25, 2006

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Dear Thorax, I resigned my order because of an intense, spiritual but very secular love, and I've lived in private contemplation ever since. I feel that, in time, I can beat this thing and be happy. Am I following the right road? In retreat in NYC Dear Retreat, Emerge! Take life by the throat! Cloistered people are expected to exist in self-imposed, contemplative denial. But that's no way to treat a laity.