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June 23, 2010

A couple of years ago, I had a dream about old friends, the friends I mentioned yesterday.  We had been out of touch for over a decade.  There was a way in which I needed that time away.  I was making life-transforming changes that were rocking my world.  I needed the time and space to [...]

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Returning Home

June 8, 2010

I’m happy to be back in Georgia after being away for 25 years.  It is surprising to me that I am settling in this quickly and easily.  The warm bright sun, gorgeous southern flowers, nearby friends, and ease of getting to my father’s home, certainly help.  It is so very familiar and there is comfort [...]

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Contemplate the Beauty

June 7, 2010

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.  There is a symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring.  There is something infinitely healing in [...]

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A Shade Darker

May 27, 2010

I really don’t have a thing to say today.  I’m writing because I made a commitment to myself and to you to write Monday through Friday.  I’m writing because I know that if I skip a day here then I’ll probably skip a day there.  Before I know it, I won’t be writing anymore.  I’m [...]

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Self Editing

May 25, 2010

I edit myself when writing my blog, and in other areas of my life, too.  I withhold, tone down, try to show a certain face, etc.  I still have a smidgen of fear that I’ll be misunderstood or won’t be accepted if I put forth my whole being.  I suppose it’s a more than a [...]

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I am Not Alone

May 20, 2010

I received news day before yesterday that Daddy is dying of lung cancer.   While news like this is difficult for me, it’s important to remember that the world does not revolve around me.  In fact, I just read a statistic that, according to the Lung Cancer Alliance, an estimated 437 people die of lung cancer [...]

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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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We’ve Landed!

May 3, 2010

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest. ~Henry Van Dyke We landed safely in Georgia yesterday evening.  We are tired but none the worse for the wear (except Buttercup…bless her heart, the trip has really taken a toll on [...]

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