Pouring From an Empty Cup

Susan Kelley
5 min readOct 23, 2021

Is an Impossible Task, But Somehow…

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I admonish my daughter. “You absolutely must practice self-care.” I see her getting frazzled, overwhelmed by the weight of the day-to-day. It’s a climb.

I commiserate with my son. “Sometimes it’s hard, buddy. I get it. Just don’t let yourself get pulled too thin.”

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Susan Kelley

Susan is a runner, a mom of 3 grown children, and an avid traveler. She writes about humans, and wrote a book about false accusations of sexual assault.