gentleness

My Buddy

April 20, 2011

“My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.”  ~Author Unknown You’ve probably seen this photo before because it is one of my favorites.  This is Buttercup, my faithful companion.  She will be 14 years old soon!  She is the gentlest dog I’ve ever known, and [...]

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Chasing the Buck

December 16, 2010

I saw him in the backyard.  I ran for my camera but he was gone when I returned.  I bolted from the house and ran into the horse pasture.  Beyond the fence and in the woods I caught sight of him.  He saw me, too.  I knew that to chase him would send him running [...]

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Meaningful Moments

July 22, 2010

I’m sitting in the oncology treatment room with daddy.  He is sleeping beside me as the IV drips.  An elegant woman arrived earlier with a beautiful harp.  She is playing heavenly, angel-music for us all.  Peace floats through the room. While getting crackers for daddy in the tiny snack room, I found a calendar with [...]

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Transitions

July 6, 2010

Didn’t sleep well.  Awoke at 3am.  Still awake at 5.  Drift back to sleep.  Alarm sounds at 6, waking me in frustration.  Get up to bring in the horses.  I don’t see them.  They are at the top of the pasture, so I hoof it up there.  Water buckets soaking in pine sol in the [...]

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Light that Obscures or Illumines?

June 15, 2010

“There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.”  James Thurber I am very irritable this morning.  Maybe it’s because I’m starting the 90-day challenge tomorrow.  Maybe it’s because I’ve made a commitment that frightens me.  Maybe it’s my saboteur. This morning, I am the glare that obscures.  [...]

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