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in life as in clay

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Karen Walrond
Jun 17, 2024
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A few months ago, I enrolled in a six-week class to learn how to use a pottery wheel. The instructor, Heather, was a smart, brilliant teacher, and very funny. I, on the other hand, was hopeless.

One night, as she walked past me, I sat back in frustration.

“This is so hard.”

She looked at the clay object on my wheel. “It’s fine!”

“It really isn’t.”

“It is! I …

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