Another’s view
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Your Inner Spark
Last Sunday, while walking with my granddaughter, we met a father with two little girls walking towards us – heading towards the ice cream store at the beach. One of the girls seen the big cone and asked her dad… Continue reading
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Out Loud
I have been thinking about breaking the silence ever since a group called "Voices Unmuted" was formed. A group whose Mission is to protect innocent children from sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church (OALC). There is a… Continue reading
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Are you sure you are right?
Do you think that most people believe that the way they were raised, the religion they were assimilated into and the beliefs they were taught, are Right. How do we even know how we know we are right?… Continue reading
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Freedom Waited for Me to Act
With the freedom of speech comes the responsibility to listen With the freedom of belief comes the responsibility to accept With the freedom from want comes the responsibility to serve And with the freedom from fear comes the responsibility to … Continue reading
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May She rest in Peace.
There is a humming in the backdrop of my life – a ghostly echo from the past. Most often nowadays, it is barely perceptible – and then voices come in. Words carrying the wishes, for the lack of a better… Continue reading
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Be Yourself
"Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year make a resolution to be yourself." Author Unknown My granddaughter and I were in the basement creating – there is a chair that is painted with a collage of words… Continue reading
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Sees her Child
My annual correspondence arrives. "Have a birthday doing what is important to you. I treasure the memories of your years with our family. You were a great help and I was proud of all you accomplished. I am your mother… Continue reading
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Truth of What Is.
Niceness stays quiet. Kindness speaks up. Niceness is toxic. Kindness is healing. Niceness lies to keep the peace. Kindness knows the only way to make peace is to tell the truth. Niceness holds back. Kindness moves forward with humility, gentleness… Continue reading
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Commitment to myself
"If abandonment is the core wound the disconnection from mother the loss of wholeness then the most potent of medicine is the ancient commitment to never abandon yourself to discover wholeness in the whole-mess to be a loving mother to… Continue reading
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You be You; honestly.
"Do you like these kind of quilts?" I heard a woman say to her friend – as they gazed at a wall where my art hung. "No" she replied. And the first woman says, "Me neither, another thing we have… Continue reading