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It’s Chilly Outside | (My) Word(s).
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What Does the Fox Say? August 1, 2015 · 5:13 pm. It’s Chilly Outside. We lost Mildred (the cat). About a year ago, and Sarah and I talked about her last week. “I really, really miss her Mom,” she said. We were looking at a small picture of Mildred near the kitchen sink. “I do, too,” I replied. For a few times over the last few years, Wayne has asked about getting a dog. I laughed at his first attempt, followed by, “Are you kidding? 8221; I looked back. “You mean that puppy? 8221; I asked. She laughed...
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Happiness is… | (My) Word(s).
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Mother Love →. May 7, 2015 · 3:43 pm. 8230;late spring snows. 8230;watching your daughters race around the park on bikes with the sun on their faces and golden hair streaming in the wind. 8230;a new sight at the library: both girls reading. 8230;lying down with Sarah at night so she can fall asleep with a quiet murmur: I feel safe with you, Mom. 8230;hearing Elizabeth say, I guess I am good in math, after all. 8230;a spring break trip to the Alamo. 8230;and the River Walk…. And Enchanted Rock…. Address n...
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I Hereby Resolve… | (My) Word(s).
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Part Too →. January 3, 2015 · 12:17 pm. I Hereby Resolve…. Is anyone out there? It’s been quiet around this blog for a while. And I’m ready for that to change. It’s a new year, right? The start of the year is always a good time to reflect, when looking backward, about what needs to change (hence, resolutions! So here’s where I am:. Somewhere along the way, at some point during the year(s), I have lost my joy. Nevertheless, my limbs are bare and my pond is dry. And something needs to change. Okay, then...
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Forty Days | (My) Word(s).
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Happiness is… →. February 21, 2015 · 12:53 pm. And here we are, in Lent, which follows (awfully) close on the heels of Christmas and sparkly New Year resolutions. It (again) caught me by surprise as our church doesn’t adhere to liturgical seasons, and I was only vaguely aware of the Mardi Gras celebrations that precede the historically ascetic practices that begin Ash Wednesday. In January, I wrote. But back to Lent: I introduced the concept behind Lenten practices to the girls in 2012. And what began as...
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Part Too | (My) Word(s).
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I Hereby Resolve…. Forty Days →. January 15, 2015 · 3:39 pm. TODAY IS THE DAY. The above words are on the cover of my journal. A few years ago, I heard about a professor who informally asked his class: If you could choose between sprouting wings and flying, or getting an invisible cape and disappearing, which would you do? Although the class may have debated his question, I knew instantly what my answer would be:. Some days I just want to be invisible. It would be easier, right? Let me just look that up ...
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Endings and Beginnings | (My) Word(s).
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Time, Haiku, (heart) (happy face). Good Manners Never Go Out of Style →. August 31, 2014 · 12:45 pm. No But yes. I know it’s time. This was the exchange Wayne and I had last Sunday when it was time to leave the river, time to return to our camper and pack for the return trip home. So I press myself to remember as an act of forced experience, like proof of activity, and destination: The road trip to Lake Livingston; and Alaska’s calving glaciers from a cruise ship’s cold deck. Of my parents’ 50. The buyer...
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Newer posts →. February 21, 2015 · 12:53 pm. And here we are, in Lent, which follows (awfully) close on the heels of Christmas and sparkly New Year resolutions. It (again) caught me by surprise as our church doesn’t adhere to liturgical seasons, and I was only vaguely aware of the Mardi Gras celebrations that precede the historically ascetic practices that begin Ash Wednesday. In January, I wrote. But back to Lent: I introduced the concept behind Lenten practices to the girls in 2012. And what began as s...
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Call | (My) Word(s).
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February 27, 2012 · 2:42 am. Giving up for Lent? She had already raised an inquiring question about the practice earlier in the day and it had startled me; we had never talked about giving anything up before. I asked who had spoken of it. Endeli, she replied. And I didn’t know what to say. But Elizabeth’s pointed question came in the evening after teeth were brushed, lights were down, and we were about to say prayers. I had been avoiding the answer, asked of myself, for weeks. Giving up for Lent? Can’t I...
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Mother Love | (My) Word(s).
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It’s Chilly Outside →. May 13, 2015 · 10:30 am. People always get used to beauty, though. 8211; Hazel, from. The Fault in Our Stars. On Sunday during the quiet just-for-me time of day that earliest part of the morning when the others are asleep I was surprised when three heads peeked around the living room door. Happy Mother’s Day! They called, even as Elizabeth and Wayne were wiping the sleep out of their eyes. Sometimes I need to be reminded of the love we share. In February, we went to the livestock s...
