Modern Strength | Maura J. Zimmer | Substack

What happens when you transform out of your transformation?

Nov 19, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

A Profound Situation

Living, dreaming, dying

Aug 14, 2024 • Maura J. Zimmer

This too will pass

Jan 16 • Maura J. Zimmer

At the mercy of weather, and frugality

In the small hours of the night, lying in bed with my teddy bear in the dark, I listened to the soft pit-pat of heavy wet snow hitting the window.

Jan 7 • Maura J. Zimmer

Keep the Love Close to Your Heart

And let everything else go.

Jan 1 • Maura J. Zimmer

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Betwixt and Between

Mar 5, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

Honoring and Mourning My Father

Jul 17, 2024 • Maura J. Zimmer

Can You Shine a Little Light On Me

Jan 22, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

What the Wintergreen Tree Taught Me

Jun 4, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

Beautiful writing about midlife

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Turning the other cheek doesn’t feel good

Dec 3, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

Twelve Months, One Change

A year without my father

Jul 16, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

I had variations of the same dream, over and over again, after I was fired.

Jul 2, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

What the Wintergreen Tree Taught Me

I couldn’t remember, for years

Jun 4, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

Giving, Forgiving, Mending

Learning old skills in midlife

Apr 9, 2025 • Maura J. Zimmer

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