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On death and broken hearts: lessons from Grandmo
- 02 February 2017
- Love & Loss Relationships 101
I’ve learned more about living up to my potential from someone who never did. I think you call it a “Cautionary Tale.”
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Stretched Between Two Tribes
- 02 February 2017
- Caution ~ Dangerous Communication & Conflict Wandering muse
I miss the days where two people could agree to disagree, change the topic to an area of neutral alliance, and later part as friends, or at least distant cousins who see each other at funerals and weddings–a civil framework where disagreement does not have to be disagreeable. That does not appear to be the norm anymore, and I don’t know if I am more sad than mad, OR if I am gradually coming to understand something very important about the world I now apparently inhabit.
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To Whom Are You Listening...?
- 02 February 2017
- Communication & Conflict Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
Staying vigilant in a carnal world
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Just how hard is it to be NICE???
- 19 December 2016
- Communication & Conflict Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
Service should come from the Heart
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Giving thanks
- 19 December 2016
- Grace & Mercy Noticing the details Relationships 101
“So many blessings, so little time to reflect and be grateful”.
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Child of God
- 12 December 2016
- Be still & know Relationships 101 That Still, Small Voice
Soon, I will be meeting my heavenly Father.
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A Year Full of Blessed Assurance
- 04 December 2016
- Garden music Love & Loss Wandering muse
In my work, “normal” can be the enemy of acceptance. I work with the lost and hurting–those terrified by the prospect of change and NO change and are caught somewhere in the middle, by the exit marked “NORMAL” (better known as the opposite of what I am experiencing right now).
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Cycles in the Seasons
- 22 November 2016
- Be still & know Garden music That Still, Small Voice
I know the gloomy days are coming… They always do…
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The Best Gift Ever!!!
- 20 November 2016
- Garden music Grace & Mercy Relationships 101
God’s Gift of 2nd chances…
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'Tis the Season?
- 19 November 2016
- Be still & know Love & Loss
For several months my mailbox has been jammed with people, organizations, candidates, begging for money …
surprising harvests ~ Blog Archive
As the primary contributor to this blog, I share what’s important to me and I guarantee I see the world through a rather quirky set of lenses. I have a small group of special folks with a variety of perspectives who have agreed to appear as guest bloggers and they will share what matters to them, using their own unique life experiences as filters. We share from our hearts and lives with opinions and conclusions, so inevitably, someone’s buttons will get poked. It is an expected part of the discourse of life that not every visitor will agree or even like what we post, or how we post, or THAT we post.
We get that. We truly do.
So if you don’t (any or all of those), feel free to share with us what you think in the Contact tab. Dialogue is at its core an exchange of respect for the person occupying the space across from us. Please understand that like everyone else, we respond best to constructive, and thoughtful feedback, not knee-jerk, hateful, and condescending tripe.
If that’s all you can offer, kindly keep it to yourself. Better still, build your own blog!