This is Our World, God. We have to live on it together. Pulling together . . . pulling in the same direction. In the book, The Boys in the Boat, an old boat maker tells one of the crew, “If there is someone in your boat that you don’t like, LEARN TO LIKE HIM.”
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My World, Our World, One Boat
Tagged with: apologizing, forgiving, hearing one another, storms
Posted in Apologies, Forgiving, Hearing, Understanding, web of life
Posted in Apologies, Forgiving, Hearing, Understanding, web of life
Bags packed again . . . off to Berlin
Good Afternoon, God! I was going through old photos to find some of my late Mom. We will have a display of them at a family celebration of my mom’s life in October. My mother was beautiful At Every Age!…
Tagged with: Berlin Marathon, Germany, needing one another, World War II
Posted in connecting, Families, Perspective, Transitions, web of life
Posted in connecting, Families, Perspective, Transitions, web of life
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
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
Major Changes to Our Food Supply
So, even though I understand we don’t exactly have proof about the weed killers and the bee killers, it does strike me that we humans have embarked on MAJOR changes to our Food Supply with more Hubris than Caution.
Tagged with: autism, complexity, glyphosate, hubris, our food supply, weed-killers
Posted in connecting, humility, Perspective, web of life, Worries
Posted in connecting, humility, Perspective, web of life, Worries
Wonder: A Morning of Seeing and Hearing
she was also the first to realize that humpback whales are singers. She said her discovers came in part because she never let go of being a child. I loved that!
Tagged with: child-like, elephants, Katy Payne, whales, wonder
Posted in appreciation, beauty, connecting, listening, seeing, web of life
Posted in appreciation, beauty, connecting, listening, seeing, web of life
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.
Tagged with: Beech Forest, Cape Cod, chickadees, opening, wild creatures
Posted in connecting, connections, friends, small meaningful moments, web of life
Posted in connecting, connections, friends, small meaningful moments, web of life
New Things!
Life is amazing, God. And maybe it isn’t so very different for bacteria than it is for us? Surely, regardless of size and complexity, life is to be relished and lived! Thank You!
Tagged with: arctic ice crystals, extreme conditions, frost flowers, life
Posted in appreciation, blooming, web of life
Posted in appreciation, blooming, web of life
Medicare and Massage — A Healthier America
Ah, but Anxiety Stress is different! That kind of Stress burns up our energy and leaves behind lumps like hunks of charcoal clogging our bodies and our hearts.
Tagged with: massages for health, medicare and massage, medicinal massage, stress busting, stress deposits
Posted in healing, health, systematic rebuilding required, Uncategorized, web of life
Posted in healing, health, systematic rebuilding required, Uncategorized, web of life
A Moment with God 