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Return to Love
It is Christmas Eve, and there are many who are feeling the stress of the season due to the conflict of emotions and family. We are sold that family is love. Family is warmth and caring and goodness…and for… Continue reading
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Acceptance of my abuse.
My name written in that familiar scrawl immediately strikes a cord in me…without even reading the contents, I feel put upon…a small card from my mother. What does she want…rings out from each cell in my body. And secondly, why can't… Continue reading
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Sunrise of My Life
"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely." Mary Pickford It is my Happy Birthday for the 55th time! I am in… Continue reading
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Pattens of Freedom
"Birthdays are new beginnings, but they're also moments of personal closure, which are crucial if we are to grow positively into our authenticity." Sarah Ban Breathnach It is the Eve of my 55th Birthday and as Emily Dickinson said,… Continue reading
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Save one Child.
You know what I am exhausted about, is the way people ask what can they do to help end abuse, when what they really mean, is I will do anything, as long as it doesn't change my life. I am… Continue reading
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Health to the Mind.
A short article was written about my quilts in a newsletter for Northern Lights Clubhouse. Some of their members came to my "Meet the Artist" event at Copper Country Mental Health in September. The article read, "On September 18th… Continue reading
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Standing By
I loved this video by Mike Dilbeck "Empowering Bystanders" It is my belief, that we can all become more aware of the times and places we Stand By. Stand by and feel like he said, the urge to do… Continue reading
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Fail to see…
While going through my file of correspondence I received from family in the aftermath of my father's arrest, I found the birth and death certificates of my father's parents….and a note, dated 10/18/09 My mother's last line…."You are my beloved… Continue reading
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What are we saying…
In Sarah Ban Breathnach's book "Simple Abundance" she talked about the annual Christmas Letter…letters some of us write and most of us recieve. How it does seem like we get the edited version of their lives, like they airbrushed out… Continue reading
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Want and Love
I heard something yesterday I had never considered, but it makes sense… While listening to Mark Nepo’s book ‘Seven Thousand Ways To Listen’. He spoke about how there are no weak folks and strong folks, that we are all strong… Continue reading