abuse
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The Colors of My Life
Fourteen years ago I was the keynote speaker at the Dial Help Annual Fundraiser. Well, my storyline quilts were also part of the speech. It is hard to believe that 14 years have passed and that there still is so… Continue reading
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Who loved with Courage
Mother’s Day has me looking upward to my mother, looking at myself, and then – looking at the mothers of my grandchildren. I sit between my mother and my grandchildren’s mothers. I am part of my mother and the seeds… Continue reading
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Where Love Lives.
A lifetime ago, I used to go Caroling with my siblings. One year I made us all scarves to wear. The simple joys of the holidays. Being a creative person, each Christmas I would try and make them all something.… Continue reading
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Signs of Change.
In the past 21 years I have been waiting for the sexual abuse to start coming to light. For the flood gates to open and for victims to start standing up and speaking out. For victims to rally one another… Continue reading
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Reconnected with my Soul.
I wondered about knowing your own self worth…is it possible to be full of great wisdom, love, compassion, caring, etc and not know it? Can a person really not see themselves and their gifts? Where does self worth come from… Continue reading
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Reflect That.
Karma - "The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny." While doing yoga today, it came to me that Karma isn't about what you do for… Continue reading
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The Unofficial First Member
I am part of a group of women who are in the incubation stages of forming a place where women can meet and share their journeys. While its focus or its intentions is to help women travel their personal journey… Continue reading
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My Body and Mind are with Me.
I have been working on a book that has photographs of my quilts along with some writings and it feels like it is a completion to my Art Therapy. Sitting with each quilt and writing about what wisdom it imparted… Continue reading
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We abuse our self.
I am working on putting a Picture Book together with my Story Line quilts…and writing a brief synopsis about each quilt as it represents a portion of my journey. I have a visual graph of my inner transformation as I… Continue reading
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Hear Their Cries.
It is that time a year when on my route, I get to see babies in nature. The ones I particularly love, are the fawns. They are so wobbly and tiny, and yet expected to cross the roads quickly behind… Continue reading