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Happy 14th Anniversary WIND.
It is hard to believe that WIND is 14 years old – it began as a collaborative effort between Dial Help – and myself. The idea was to have a group of women that would explore creative expressions – Women… 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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That is Me.
I listened to a podcast, about exploring the rising trend about going No Contact with your Family. I have been No Contact with my family now for over 20 years, which seems almost surreal. A brother was the last contact… 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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Where the Heart Lives
Tonight I am sitting with gratitude and a thankful heart to the home we have been lucky enough to live in for the past 30 years. This home welcomed us with our 4 children and a dog. We loved, lived… Continue reading
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His Daughter to Live hers Well.
Dates on the calendar can stir up memories – a glimmer of significance to the day. My father would have turned 96 today – he’s been gone now 13 years – but he was gone for me long before that… Continue reading
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Norm within the Church
The latest news within the FALC, is that the Chairperson of the Zion church was caught with his pants down so to speak…which to me is a huge red flag waving once again above the steeple. How many flags need… Continue reading
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Love responds in truth always
In my mother's latest note I found a new viewpoint, another place where we don't match, the two drastically differing ways to deal in life. While she keeps coming back to how she feels and how she sees me, I… Continue reading
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Meant to be…
At Christmas time we send out greetings of Peace, Love and Joy, and yet we fail to send them out to the folks we are estranged from. The meaning of estranged is, No longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated and… Continue reading
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I need nothing from Christmas.
What I haven't realized until it was gone, are the feelings of heaviness and weight of the added stress of holidays…What I had thought was extra work, was actually being slammed by feelings. Feelings come alive and merge and meld… Continue reading
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