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A Long Earthly Journey, Completed
But best of all, Mom was a Loving Listener — not just to me, but to countless friends.
Tagged with: connections, Death, Earthly Journey, Mother, Mother/Daughter connections
Posted in appreciation, connecting, LOVE, Mothers, relationships, Transitions, web of life
Posted in appreciation, connecting, LOVE, Mothers, relationships, Transitions, web of life
Standing Free — Becoming Me
Ah, but You have set us free, God. Free to become more our individual selves. I like that! I love the story where You are supposed to have said to Rabbi Mendlebaum, “I didn’t want you to be more like Moses. I wanted you to be more like Rabbi Mendlebaum!”
Tagged with: Celtic Cross, Free, genes, Nature and Nurture
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, authority over my life, connecting, growing toward up, New Creatures in Christ
Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, authority over my life, connecting, growing toward up, New Creatures in Christ
Morning Light and Love
Good Evening, God, It’s been a long time between my posts . . . time is in a bit of a tangle right now. Or maybe I’m the one who is in a tangle? Actually, I’m sure I’m just more…
Tagged with: Emotional Tangles, Parable of the Prodigal Son, Sorting out our feelings
Posted in connecting, daughters, Forgiven!, Mothers
Posted in connecting, daughters, Forgiven!, Mothers
Inner Sunsets and Twilight Times
Last night, as this great gift of forgiveness poured through me, I felt refreshed. Perhaps being half asleep made it easier for my deep inner unconscious to hear Your Words of forgiveness — Your Words of New Life and New Beginnings.
Tagged with: forgiveness, New Beginnings, New Life, Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Posted in connections, Good News!, Grief, LOVE, Mothers
Posted in connections, Good News!, Grief, LOVE, Mothers
The physicality of grief
I’m not sure our society or our scientists understand the Physical Cellular Connection between Momthers and Daughters. We share mitochondria. We share the deepest possible physical connection.
Tagged with: grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Mother Daughter Connection, mothers, Respecting the Grieving Experience
Posted in connecting, Families, Feeling our feelings, Grief, hearing myself, Mothers
Posted in connecting, Families, Feeling our feelings, Grief, hearing myself, Mothers
Mommies and Babies — and Saying Goodbye
I have been taken by surprise at the grief flowing through me. It’s very primal, God. I guess grief always is. But because my husband Kit and I had been “assisting” mom daily the last few years, playing games and talking — part of me sees her as my baby. So it’s a sort of double whammy.
Tagged with: family, grief, Hospice, Mother, Mother daughter bond
Posted in connecting, Grief, LOVE, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small, Perspective
Posted in connecting, Grief, LOVE, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small, Perspective
My Inner Unforgiving, Wilderness
Yes, God. It is not lost on me that there are many, many explanations I will never get to hear — and about many, many things. Please God, help me Open my Heart and my Mind to the existence of unknown explanations.
Tagged with: An Unforgiving Spirit, Explanations, forgiving, resentments
Posted in awareness, complexity, connections, Forgiving, humility
Posted in awareness, complexity, connections, Forgiving, humility
Mom’s Faithful Watch-cat
All that said, God, my mom’s cat, Katrina, has been a faithful companion. When mom goes to bed the cat jumps up to join her. And for some time the cat was trying to let me know that “something isn’t right” here. Sigh. We both knew that. But, I sure didn’t know what to do about it.
Tagged with: Cat, no-purr exteriors, Purr, Service animal
Posted in Caring, connecting, Mothers, web of life
Posted in Caring, connecting, Mothers, web of life
A Moment with God 