Relationship

Precious Moments

April 14, 2011

I’m visiting Daddy for a couple of days.  Last night, I cooked dinner for us and called Daddy to the table when it was ready.  As he walked in, he said, “Carla, I feel good when you’re here.”  My heart expanded!  I was deeply touched.  What a gift those words are to me.  Words I [...]

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The World Needs Your Unique Gifts

March 14, 2011

I have something to offer the world.  I have unique gifts to give.  I want to give them.  I have personal and professional experience unlike any one else.  You do, too—a voice, gifts, and power unlike any other.  Can you feel that bubbling within you?  Can you imagine what might shift if we were all [...]

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New Connections with Old Friends

June 22, 2010

Friends visited with me yesterday whom I have not seen for 14 years.  They were like family to me but, as happens, we lost touch.  We spent several hours reminiscing and reconnecting.  It was wonderful.  I feel like I have a part of my family back. It is a welcome gift to have a new [...]

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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

June 9, 2010

The problem with steeling myself to the pain in the world, like the gulf oil spill or a difficult relationship, is that I then steel myself to the beauty in life.  I simply can’t steel myself in one area and not be affected in all other areas…not really.  Sure, I get to have boundaries, like [...]

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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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Beyond Wrongdoing and Rightdoing

May 11, 2010
missouri fox trotter

This is a view from the balcony of my new place.  Hot Shot is one of the horses I care for, a Missouri Foxtrotter, and he is a horse with an attitude.  Did he get his name because he acts like a hot shot, or does he act like a hot shot because he got [...]

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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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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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Georgia on my Mind

April 2, 2010

It’s official, and so unexpected;  I’m moving back to Georgia!  I moved away 25 years ago.  Honestly, I never thought I would return.  Many other parts of the country resonate with me more than GA, but most of my family are there, and I want to be near them again.  My dad (that’s him in [...]

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