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As she put the newly peeled eggs back into the glass bowl and placed them on the second shelf, she didn’t feel the old familiar twinge of anxiety. She felt a sense of order. She felt a sense of calm. They were just eggs, after all. But in Ruth’s world, an egg was an opportunity to be kind to the version of yourself that would wake up tomorrow.
Clara walked out of the kitchen and joined the rest of the family, leaving the fridge hum behind. She had learned that sometimes the most powerful life lessons don’t come from books or grand gestures, but from a simple glass bowl on a refrigerator shelf. She was ready to stop reacting to her life and start living it, one prepared meal at a time.
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