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Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.
I've Been Thinking

Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.

My story I remember the days of love and insatiable longing. Longing for motherhood to be mine. To hold a tiny, wee […]

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The way out is the way in – exit plan
Health and Well-Being / I've Been Thinking

The way out is the way in – exit plan

“The way out is the way in.” Barbara Brown Taylor.  “Learning to Walk in the Dark.” Endings can be so hard, painful, […]

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“Do not be afraid” – Big little words
Spirituality

“Do not be afraid” – Big little words

I keep thinking about the words Jesus said to the two Mary’s after His resurrection. Matthew 28:1-10 tells us they to go […]

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Up from the grave He arose!
Spirituality

Up from the grave He arose!

Empty graves Today in church, our Pastor spoke about the need for resurrection in our lives. How the disciples were in self-imposed […]

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Scorched earth and rainstorms
I've Been Thinking

Scorched earth and rainstorms

When disappointment and loss come, where do we turn? Find hope?

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A Psalm for pilgrims
Spirituality

A Psalm for pilgrims

I love Psalm 130. It’s honesty and it’s clarion call to hope. From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for […]

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Are you weary?
I've Been Thinking / Spirituality

Are you weary?

These are dreary days, and although the sun and warmth have returned to this part of the country, (don’t get me wrong I love […]

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Losing patience: and finding quiet encouragement for your day
I've Been Thinking / Spirituality

Losing patience: and finding quiet encouragement for your day

Oh, pandemic living. These days of living cheek to jowl grow long. And some days feel longer than others – so we […]

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Remembrance – love and loss
I've Been Thinking

Remembrance – love and loss

Today I am thinking of family, of love and of loss. I’ve shared this story before, and I guess I will keep […]

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Mother’s day
I've Been Thinking

Mother’s day

A note on Mother’s day May, 10, 2020 Mother’s day feels so profoundly tender today… many Mother’s cannot meet with their children […]

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Father’s Day
I've Been Thinking
  • June 17, 2019
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  • 1 min
  • 6 years
  • 78 words
  • 6
Tagged Family photos

Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day! Remembering my dear Dad (he’s holding me, the wee babe in a white bonnet). Honouring my hubby, Dan, a […]

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Mom’s Birthday – June 15th
I've Been Thinking
  • June 15, 2019
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  • 2 min
  • 6 years
  • 180 words
  • 7
Tagged Birthdays, Grief and grieving, Love and longing

Mom’s Birthday – June 15th

We will always be “children” and so, when our parents are gone there will be this ineffable longing, this quiet grief that […]

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Creating boundaries – dealing with difficult people
Health and Well-Being
  • June 13, 2019
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  • 8 min
  • 6 years
  • 1,074 word
  • 11
Tagged Acceptance, Attitude, Boundaries, Forgiveness, Guard your heart

Creating boundaries – dealing with difficult people

Throughout my life I have encountered some difficult relationships. Perhaps you have as well. These are relationships I cannot separate myself from […]

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Afternoon’s delight
I've Been Thinking
  • June 12, 2019
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  • 2 min
  • 6 years
  • 294 words
  • 16
Tagged Reprieve, Restore my soul

Afternoon’s delight

I sit here in the zero gravity chair, tipped back, eyes half mast, drowsy, somnolent. Drifting, floating on beauty. I want to […]

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Needing help
I've Been Thinking / Spirituality
  • June 11, 2019
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  • 2 min
  • 6 years
  • 230 words
  • 8
Tagged Affirmation, Comfort and peace, Identity in Christ

Needing help

When we are in desperate need of love and reassurance, the Holy Spirit, brings to our minds the truth of who we […]

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Pruning
Spirituality
  • June 11, 2019
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  • 1 min
  • 6 years
  • 140 words
  • 7
Tagged Divine Gardener, Spiritual growth

Pruning

Look at our Wisteria! What a sweet fragrance… But Wisteria is a vine and grows like a weed, twisting and winding. It’s […]

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Bless the Lord, oh my soul… anxiety’s ease.
Health and Well-Being / I've Been Thinking / Spirituality
  • June 7, 2019
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  • 8 min
  • 6 years
  • 1,070 word
  • 10
Tagged Anxiety, Armor of God, Marc and Angel Hack Life, Peace, Priscilla Shirer

Bless the Lord, oh my soul… anxiety’s ease.

There is a song that goes like this: “Bless the Lord oh my soul Oh my soul Worship His Holy name Sing […]

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A View from Heaven – remembering Seana
I've Been Thinking
  • June 6, 2019
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  • 6 min
  • 6 years
  • 867 words
  • 10
Tagged grief, Grief and grieving, Untimely death

A View from Heaven – remembering Seana

Written May 31, 2012 (My beloved niece Seana passed from this life to the next on May 19, 2012. Ovarian Cancer took […]

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Living with Migraine – June – Migraine awareness
Health and Well-Being
  • June 4, 2019
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  • 7 min
  • 6 years
  • 990 words
  • 10
Tagged Chronic Disease, Depression and anxiety, Migraine, Serenity Prayer

Living with Migraine – June – Migraine awareness

Effects of migraine I lie curled up in the fetal position. I wrap an ice pack around my head. I anoint my […]

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Rainy day
I've Been Thinking
  • June 1, 2019
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  • 3 min
  • 6 years
  • 318 words
  • 9
Tagged grief, Grief and grieving, Untimely death

Rainy day

(My beloved niece Seana passed from this life to the next on May 19, 2012. Ovarian Cancer took her life. She was […]

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  Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops, at all. - Emily Dickinson  

Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.
The way out is the way in – exit plan
“Do not be afraid” – Big little words
Up from the grave He arose!
Scorched earth and rainstorms
A Psalm for pilgrims
Are you weary?

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