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Ties that bind us.
It is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we tend to focus on what the child needs to do; to speak, to tell, to know good touch/bad touch…when we as adults fail to do the same. What are your boundaries… Continue reading
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Landscape of change.
If you look across the river you can see a pair of Sand Hill Cranes… I seen them yesterday on my way to work. And, nearing the end of my route, a flock of wild turkeys crossed the road in… Continue reading
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As Art
I have experienced creativity at a deep level, a healing level, but I could not have pinpointed what it healed, why or how. I just knew that Art Quilting was key in making me feel better…I can see how it… Continue reading
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Day at the Beach
Oblivious to the beautiful sunshine, melting the snow, I was in the basement adding finishing touches on my latest Beach Lady. Perspective is hard to create, knowing the size in comparison, but maybe content trumps perspective. Or color, expression…push exact… Continue reading
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Please themselves.
Here is another interesting piece from Brene Brown on Perfectionism. "PS – Shame and perfectionism aren't related, are they?" "I emailed her back and explained the relationship between shame and perfectionism: Where perfectionism exists, shame is always lurking. In fact,… Continue reading
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Be real or Pretend
Do we really know what being authentic means? I felt like it was something I had to do again and again, that it isn't just like a coat you wear, but how you act…and it either lived in each moment… Continue reading
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Another Quilt taking form…
I wanted to finish a novel I was listening to in the mail jeep, so I brought the last CD in the house, went downstairs to listen and began playing with a quilt I had started awhile ago. I… Continue reading
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The Perfect You.
"If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way – especially shame,… Continue reading
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Thankful for my boundaries
Do you know the difference between "Fitting in" and "Belonging"? It seems like they would be twins, that there is no difference…but there is. I believe that my experience of the FALC was more about fitting in, than belonging.… Continue reading
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A Whole Life
Here is the completed quilt for the 2013 Dial Help's Spring Gala. I love how she turned out, and can't wait to see who she goes home with. Tickets are still available by calling dial help. I just… Continue reading
