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A Beautiful Ray of Light
by Debbie G.
views: 76 | rating: 10 | comments: 42
August 22, 2007 09:51 PM EDT -- Amidst all the challenges that we have faced these past few months there has come a beautiful gift. A few weeks ago my son called and asked if I was sitting down. He then gave me the news that I have a . . . more
March 31, 2008 08:01 PM EDT -- Today has been one of those days where my state of mind matched the heavy, stormy skies. It is no secret, I think, that we have been struggling financially for quite awhile now. With the addition of the . . . more
If I walked
by Tonia, who hugs trees G.
views: 142 | rating: 10 | comments: 51
March 25, 2008 11:30 PM EDT -- If I walked through burning sand and rocky stone barefoot and alone - If I walked through icy tundra and winter storm naked as my birth - If I walked through my pain and did . . . more
June 26, 2008 01:42 AM EDT -- It was not until my mid 30's that I discovered I could cook. There were a few dishes that I would prepare, recipes that had come to me from my father, but I'd had enough disastrous experiences . . . more
October 15, 2008 08:58 PM EDT -- She died at 39. Hit by a car at night while walking home from visiting with her mother. It was winter in Australia and she was wearing a black pea coat and dark pants. It was at the crest of a hill and . . . more
July 19, 2008 12:44 PM EDT -- This week I walked past the age at which my mother died. It feels as if my life just became my own. more
August 06, 2008 07:46 PM EDT -- Today we had the young ones with us for the day. Lili (the 6 year old) returned this past Sunday from an extended trip to spend time with Mimi, her other grandmother. Ari (the 2 year old) had returned . . . more
Navigating
by Tonia, who hugs trees G.
views: 56 | rating: 10 | comments: 25
October 23, 2007 03:48 PM EDT -- At the age of 19 I joined the Coast Guard. I ended up at a small boat station located in Boston's Outer Harbor. One of the tasks we all needed to learn was how to read a chart. There were only four . . . more
February 08, 2008 12:09 PM EST -- The past week has been quite eventful. Deb's 5 year old granddaughter and her 2 year old sister have spent the week with us. Both kids picked up some kind of bug and were quite sick. It has made sense . . . more
October 18, 2007 08:50 PM EDT -- Perhaps some of you will remember that we put up a portable shelter for our mares earlier this summer. Maybe you will even recall how pleased we were to finally have provided shelter for them that would . . . more
December 18, 2007 08:05 PM EST -- This is one of those days when I wish I had some small iota of musical talent. I would find a suitable slow, gut wrenching bluesy piece and just pour all this stagnant emotion out into the world. Unfortunately, . . . more
April 09, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --   My dad was well into his 80’s when he began to slow down. He was independent and still lived in the house he built. He was alone. Mom died years ago and Dad was still kicking and doing fine. . . . more
October 20, 2007 03:10 PM EDT -- Each of us has milestones in our lives by which we measure how far we've come. Certainly 18 and 21 are big ones, 40 and 50 seem to give people cause to reflect. For me, 39 has loomed large in . . . more
February 14, 2008 02:25 PM EST -- The kids just left after being with us for 12 days. The dogs have all settled down in the office with me and are now sleeping. All the activity probably was exhausting for them as well. Little Bogie has . . . more
March 19, 2008 01:10 PM EDT -- There is a wonderful website that I discovered not long ago. It is called Pandora and is billed as a "music genome project". They provide streaming music that the listener can tailor to their . . . more
October 17, 2008 04:56 PM EDT -- My days routinely started by criss-crossing through the M etroplex to visit the terminally ill patients under my care. There were no cell phones then. There were beepers. Invariably right in the middle . . . more
January 10, 2008 09:17 PM EST -- My job and the shorter daylight has made it hard for me to get outside with my camera. Last night, I decided to pull out a box of rocks and shells that I've collected over the years and see what I . . . more
April 05, 2007 02:49 PM EDT -- The bench sits alone. The young lovers who met there have aged, trading in park time for porch-sitting. The bench remembers how they used to come walking, hand-in-hand out of the woods, each step light . . . more
August 13, 2008 12:59 AM EDT -- In 2004, I moved from Boston to Arkansas. I experienced quite a bit of culture shock as I transitioned from big city life to a more rural existance. I thought I had made great strides in acclimation but . . . more
August 18, 2008 04:21 PM EDT -- All things seem possible when dreams are born. Woven from the fabric of hope, greatness is created in the heart and mind. So often though, reality will unravel those threads of possibility, . . . more
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