Grief is complicated and one of the most powerful emotions we experience in our lives.
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Extraordinary beings come in all forms. When we see with our hearts, we open ourselves to beauty and grace and a peace that passes all understanding.
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Do you dream? If so, do you remember your dreams?
Dreams have always fascinated me. On the one hand, they can be so mysterious and elusive in meaning. Or they can be quite literal — like a banner spelling out a message just for you.
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“Love and Death are the great gifts that are given to us; mostly they are passed on unopened.” Ranier Maria Rilke
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The tile on the bathroom floor was cold, hard and unforgiving underneath my legs. I shifted my weight against the sleeping dog, one I had adopted while in college, much to my mother’s disapproval.
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Feb 6, 2022
All of my life, I’ve been fascinated with gifts — what constitutes a gift and how we value what we are given. Most people immediately recognize gifts as wrapped packages, ones we give at Valentine’s Day, holidays or special occasions. Ones that tell the recipient they are special and mean something to us. Gifts tell us we matter and are valued. But…gifts have to be received in order for their true value to be appreciated.
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Whenever someone asks me if I’m in a rescue, I’m always surprised. Why, I wonder, would they think I would be? I usually look quite perplexed and confused. My eyes travel upward as if I hope to find the answers in my forehead. This also allows me to stall for time.
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We’ve just been through a birthing process. Can you feel it? It’s the lead up to the end of the year and the leap into the next. One day it’s 2021, and the next it’s 2022. Bam. Just like that. Another day. Another year.
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Note to reader: the following piece may contain sensitive material for some readers.
The little girl stood between her mother and two older sisters, her body trembling and shaking. The living room was dingy and muted — light barely shone through the curtains.
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I have always been a dreamer, a visionary, someone who can spin ideas into form. The imaginative realm has been my creative playground, one that has always felt quite natural.
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“All animals communicate eye to eye, soul to soul.” Anthony Williams
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It was on the heels of a full moon, and the wind blew all day in intermittent waves of intensity. One minute I’d be standing and the next minute holding onto something. Then it would waft through so gently that I’d pause just to feel the wind caress my face.
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That’s just the way it is; some things will never change. ~Bruce Hornsby and the Range
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On New Year’s Day, I recorded a short, impromptu podcast. I did it on a whim from an idea that wafted through the air and landed, much like a feather, in my mind. I put on the headphones, turned on the soundboard, and shared the following story.
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If you can dream it, you can do it. ~ Walt Disney
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It All Starts With the Heart.
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