A good friend of mine has this former life that haunts her mind. In her past life, she was living with a man who criticized …
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So Many Birthday Candles
For weeks now, I have been anticipating my next birthday with a mixture of excitement and dread. Several decades ago, I lost much of the …
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I enjoy watching Olympics competitions. They come around every four years, and I select some of my favorite sports to see the best athletes and …
Read More »Togetherness With My Husband
Yesterday my husband and I learned that a distant friend had unexpectedly died. He was a best friend to my brother and sister-in-law. I felt …
Read More »Learning to Listen
I couldn’t wait any longer to be able to hear clearly. I put up with some diminished and muffled sound in my left ear for …
Read More »Christmas Cactus People
My mother always owned a Christmas cactus. It was often tucked away in a cool spare bedroom during the fall, thus nurtured for blooming. So …
Read More »Spiritual Autism
In past years I have experienced working or living near people who either had family members diagnosed on the Autism Disorder Spectrum, or in whom …
Read More »Grandparent Alienation
“…how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing” (Matthew …
Read More »Only One Sibling
After our son’s family left our home last weekend, my husband and I commented on the aggression and competitiveness observed between the two grandsons. Swimming …
Read More »New Life
We are awaiting the addition of a family member. In about three weeks, we are picking up a puppy to join our furry home companions. …
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