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By: Christi Ortiz

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By Christi Ortiz

Stop

Go

Slow

There is a time to stop

A time to run

A time to walk

A time to be

Wherever you are

Whatever you are doing

Be where you are

Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion.  She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.

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