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A Special Time in Tucson

Oh Happy the Mother and Grandmother who is able to visit her children and grandchildren . . . My heart overflows with gratitude!

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Posted in connecting, family visits, gratitude, LOVE, Mothers

Leaving Cape Cod

Perhaps the writer who dubbed Pets as Vitamin P was right, God. Pets do center us. But, a connection with wild creatures seems even more powerful.

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Posted in connecting, connections, friends, small meaningful moments, web of life

Evil in Our Small and Precious World

Yesterday we went to the ocean side of Cape Cod — peaceful and quiet — and then this morning we watched on TV the manhunt for the younger of the two Boston Marathon bombers. Such a sad and sobering contrast.

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Posted in connecting, opportunities to forgive myself, Praying for our enemies, Rethinking, speaking

The Enduring Kindness of Boston

They are not monsters. They are small, stunted and lost in the Darkness. And as one speakers said — Darkness does not put out Darkness — only Light can put out Darkness. So then, we are called to be Lights in this World of ours.

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Posted in Caring, Compassion, connecting, Expand my Heart, God's Light, healing, Marathons

The Night before Kit Runs the Boston Marathon

Good Evening, God! Thank You for flowering trees that promise — be it ever so quietly — the approach of Spring! I see Spring in Hawaii, too. But it comes in the brilliant yellow of the gold trees — it

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Posted in connecting

Springtime and Love in Boston

Words are great, but a glance and a smile will do it. Maybe, God, we need to widen and deepen our definition of Love? Perhaps Loving Our Neighbor begins with noticing our neighbor?

Posted in connecting

A Touching Beijing / Honolulu Moment

. . .a busload of visitors from China was coming up from the beach — getting ready to go. It came to me that I should “acknowledge” their presence — so I looked up and caught the eye of one of the older women and smiled.

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Posted in connecting, connections, interactions, seeing

Touched by Music and Hope

I longed to be able to send it to these children! I wanted to help — or maybe it would be better to say that I wanted to give myself the gift of being part of all of this.

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Posted in connecting, Help me to see, Music, Ongoing Transformation

A Good Life

It is our families and friends that contribute the most to our happiness. And maybe those friendships go beyond mere happiness and nourish our very souls?

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Posted in Belonging to each other, Caring, connecting, Conversations

A Series of Road Trips

I have unpacked my suitcase. But I have barely begun to “unpack” the hundreds and hundreds of images, memories, and Connections. Precious Connections.

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Posted in connecting, connections, family visits, friends

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching