Good Evening, God I just wanted to share a bit of back story about Martin Luther King Jr. and his I HAVE A DREAM speech. Apparently, King had decided to downplay his identity as a preacher and try to get…
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Just Talking to Someone
Good Evening, God! The power of just talking to someone is amazing! This is the month — July — where I pledged to take “better” care of myself. Letʻs see . . . July 23 and nothing! But, I did…
A walk down memory lane
Good Evening, God! This morning my wonderful husband Kit and I left home at 6:20 a.m. to get to the Toyota Service Center for my car’s 7:15 appointment. On the way home we stopped at Kaimana Beach for me to…
Tagged with: Kahala Beach, Pill boxes on the beach, World War II
Posted in friends, memories, Perspective, relationships, stopping to see, time
Posted in friends, memories, Perspective, relationships, stopping to see, time
Give sorrow words
Good Morning, God! In You we live and move and have our being . . . I try to BE in that place when Death comes for those I love. I’m beginning to understand the Irish tradition of a wake. Actually, I’m…
Tagged with: Find someone to hear!, It is not too late to speak
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
An Inner Sea
Good Evening, God! This photos of a mist covered lake in the Pyrenees was sent by dear friends as they hike in those mountains. I love this lake. It makes me think of my deep Inner Sea . . .…
Tagged with: a mountain lake in the Pyrenees
Posted in adjusting, connecting, daughters, Flowers, friends, Grief, healing, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
Posted in adjusting, connecting, daughters, Flowers, friends, Grief, healing, pain, Sorrows of the Deep
A Change of Perspective
Two of my friends laughed at that and said hungry people want food! And of course, they do. Still, each one of us also hungers to know that we matter. That we matter not just to You, God, but to one of two fellow human beings.
Tagged with: Diamond Head, family, Friends, Love, ocean, perspective, Waikiki
Posted in a prayer for healing, connecting, Families, friends, healing, Perspective
Posted in a prayer for healing, connecting, Families, friends, healing, Perspective
The Joys of Traveling
It puts me in mind of one of my favorite quotes (by Paul Watslawick) that the Primary Purpose of communication is to Confirm our Existence as Human Beings. It doesn’t take much — a nod, a smle, a glance, even. I think of that quote as an extension of Your Command, God, to “Love our Neighbor as we love Ourselves.”
Tagged with: appreciation, loving, new leaves, seeing, small adventures, travel
Posted in Adventures, appreciation, connecting, friends, LOVE, seeing
Posted in Adventures, appreciation, connecting, friends, LOVE, seeing
Wanting, Seeking, Asking — for God’s Help
You had given us a powerful Ferrari but we kept it in the garage and only rolled it out 4 or 5 times a year to sit in it.
One Blockage Opened!
Ah, that idea is an Open Door — A Small Change I can make — A Change that opens me up to more Changes.
Tagged with: being our own plumber, blockages, Brene Brown, Changes, gratitude, thankfulness
Posted in Changing, choices, Families, family visits, friends, gratitude, health
Posted in Changing, choices, Families, family visits, friends, gratitude, health
Walking in Sabino Canyon . . . and in Science
Now I am working hard to process the idea of Germs as Friends and Allies. It seems we need to cultivate our germ friends and support them as best we can. They may be our best defense against enemy germs.
Tagged with: Friends, germ phobia, health, saguaros, saliva
Posted in adjusting, friends, health, Mothers and Fathers, Perspective
Posted in adjusting, friends, health, Mothers and Fathers, Perspective
A Moment with God 