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All This and More

May 28, 2010

I was in a funk yesterday.  I couldn’t pull myself out of it.  Then I went into the greenhouse to pot some plants and I discovered a bird’s nest.  The babies are so very tiny!  And the Carolina Wren mother worked right around me, barely bothered by my presence.  I couldn’t help but smile–despite myself. [...]

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All Shall Be Well

May 19, 2010

I found out yesterday afternoon that my Dad has terminal lung cancer.  The news kind of sucks the wind out of me.  I feel like I just found my dad…now I’m going to lose him.  I never thought I’d have a close relationship with him, but in the last year all that has changed.  We [...]

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Practicing Gratitude

May 7, 2010

Often, gratitude helps me reframe my thoughts.  It’s been a difficult week in many respects, but I keep coming back to a profound sense of gratitude.  At times, it simply wells up in me.  Other times I have to intentionally call it to mind.  I call this practicing gratitude. Like any other exercise, it takes [...]

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Power of Thoughts

May 6, 2010

Yesterday, I drove to Augusta to take my dad to the doctor.  He had some diagnostic tests done.  Things don’t look so good for him but the jury is still out on that.  On the way back home, I thought about the hour long stretch of interstate between my new home and Augusta.  I’ve driven [...]

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More Letting Go

May 4, 2010

Last week I wrote about letting go of expectations.  As I prepared to move back to Georgia, I attempted to think through my expectations and intentionally let go of them.  My sister even expressed her concern about some expectations I might have about moving so close to my childhood home.  I assured her that I [...]

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Letting Go of Expectations

April 28, 2010

The pups and I were walking in the woods the other day, as we often do.  It was cold and windy here in northeast PA.  It seemed more winter than spring, so when something rustled in the leaves, I was startled to see a snake!  I jumped back and did my frightened little snake dance [...]

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