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The truth is that we often feel the need to sugar coat the ugly truth. Why is this? I know I do it – sometimes to protect people I love, sometimes to protect myself, sometimes to protect a favorite illusion. Today I filled out a health survey from my new insurance company. Based on my […]
Today is my daughter’s birthday. We have had a good week together, enjoying spring break with family in Arizona where we took every opportunity to celebrate her birthday in fun and silly ways. This morning was the official day she was born and I took a few moments to reflect on that day 14 years […]
Heartsick, sick with a fever, sick of work, sick in the head, sick as a dog… So many ways to be mentally and physically not well. Everyone I know is either getting sick, being sick, getting over being sick, caring for someone who is sick or trying to avoid everyone who is sick so they […]
…when we give up anger we gain peace in our hearts. When we give up selfishness we gain love for our neighbor – when we give up fear we gain faith in the Lord – when we give up things that we have extras of like money or food or clothing to help others we gain joy in service…
…Shouldn’t our blowup, if every portrayed in film, also foretell of a steamy kiss?
Pompeii Like a pumice raft, their on-screen lover’s quarrel bobs atop a current of sexual tension. Shouldn’t our blowup, if ever portrayed in film, also foretell of a steamy kiss? Yet your molten anger and flowing contempt cues only the silent eruption of my heart. Is my scriptwriter on strike? Can I request a rewrite? […]
Ok, first off, I need to say that some words start to look and sound strange after saying, typing, or writing them repeatedly – third is falling into that category for me right now… Moving on. So I offered the furniture that I had purchased in October up for sale again on our local online […]
…shocked by the electric arc reaction of my soul.
After searching multiple thrift stores multiple times for a decent, non-smelly, non-smoke-infested comfortable chair, I gave up. Just looking at the cloth on some chairs grossed me out as I imagined the stories that could be told based on mysterious stains or rips or fading. I was almost ready to break down and buy one […]
You’ve probably heard the adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” The original quote from about 1866 was “Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.” You can find out more about their health benefits here. But that’s not why you should eat one today, […]
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