Yes, I was talking to you.

If the essay brought you here, you already know about the ladder, the black water, and the floor that was exactly where they said it would be.

There is more to that story.

I went to Finland as a school leader with nearly thirty years of met deadlines and nobody worried about me. I came home awake. Rekindled is the book about everything that happened in between.

I would like to send you a chapter.

Packing for a Finnish Winter is the chapter about the afternoon I stood in a fitting room on Bull Street in Columbia, trying on merino wool for a trip I had almost talked myself out of taking. It is free. It comes with my weekly letters.

Free. One letter a week. Leave whenever you like.

Rekindled: One Leader. One Fellowship. One Fire Relit.

This is the whole story: the years I spent standing on the deck, the fellowship that got me into the water, and what I brought home to the children and adults I serve. If you have been competent and braced for a long time, I wrote it with you in mind.

The fire is already yours.

Tend the ember, Teresa

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