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Becoming Myself –Seeing Myself As A Designer

Good Evening, God I must say, I miss my morning walks. We have entered the season to No’See”‘Ems –biting midges. They have not just driven me indoors but have had me drop the temperature down to 65. Ah! Winter in

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Posted in Becoming FRESH from God's Hand, becoming the change I wish to see, Growth Opportunities

A Burst of Color — and Bursts of Reality

Good Day, God, July 24th I was backing my car out of the carport and SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES!!! What WAS that behind me? It was a pair of Texas Sage bushes that had BLOSSOMED over night. A day or

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Posted in asking for help for myself, clapping our hands in joy, connecting, developing helpful definitions of love, Enjoyment, growing toward up, Help me to see, Helpful Hards, JOY, LOVE, reality, seeing, simple joys of daily life, the cold snow of reality, the joy of sharing, water and love

July 22, Celebrating Kit’s Birthday and Pondering my Life Without him

Good Afternoon God, Time to reflect . . . time to give thanks . . . time to celebrate BEING here NOW. Here on Kit’s birthday. My grandson Ian ordered Birthday Pancakes when we went out for breakfast this morning.

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Posted in A difficult freedom, a prayer for healing, a series of molts and upgrades, accepting gifts sight unseen, Accepting Imperfection, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Adventures, Attention, Balance, Balancing and adjustments, balancing free with supported, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, complexity, connecting

Now I can SEE how I FELT

Good Morning God, I came across this photo a few days ago. I had taken it in the Tucson Medical Center, 9/27/24.That was 3 months before Kit died. At that point I was intellectually aware of his destination.But, emotionally, I

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Posted in a hand up, a prayer for healing, connecting, Feeling our feelings, Moving from WE to ME, Thinking and Feeling

Together At Last

Good Morning, God, This photo is of our beloved Patty with her wonderful Daddy, Kit, after they had both finished the 1979 Honolulu Marathon.  Patty went on to be with YOU on June 20, 1981.  And my beloved Kit joined

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Posted in a hand up, a matter of scale, a series of molts and upgrades, Abundant Life, accepting gifts sight unseen, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Assurances, Cloud of Witnesses, LOVE, reframing, The Endless Flow of God's Love

What would St. Francis do?

Good Morning, God We are always asking ourselves . . . well we try, God . . . What would Jesus do? The answer, of course, varies on who is asking the question. Then it came to me. We CAN

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Posted in connecting, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Peace, power and peace and gentleness, respect, the essential nature of hope

The stillness of a predawn breakfast and love

Good Morning, God! I took my wonderful husband Kit out for an early breakfast to celebrate his half birthday. Of course, I took him to my favorite spot on the island — the Plumeria Beach House at The Kahala. This

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Posted in beauty, connecting, LOVE, Silence, Stillness

Home, Sweet Home!

To me, Love is often just Time Together, as when Kit went with me looking for shells. This shell is far more precious for my finding it with him. Time with loved ones . . . time with You . . . that’s LOVE!

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Posted in busy, connecting, LOVE, loving myself, putting down daily diversions, recovery time, time

Once more — into Your Hands

Good Evening, God! Ambiguity and uncertainty are always with us, but, usually I ignore them! i visualize my path and I am fortunate that mostly things go pretty much as I expect. Not so for millions of people displaced by

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Posted in connecting

Aaah, Motherhood!

But, there is no doubt that she loves her babies and will do her best to nourish and protect them. She is their MOTHER!

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Posted in connecting

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