Category: remembering the details
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Pensive Puppy
Isn’t she the sweetest? I love how she is griping onto Zach’s hand in these photos. We are in a very specific season of puppy care right now. Our washer hums all day, and there are quite a few “accidents”, as well as opportunities for us all to practice patience. I’ve been singing that song […]
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Winter Sunsets and Dependable Kindness
I have a very kind husband. The kind of husband who has forever changed my view of men. You see, I grew up with men who equated machoism and control for manliness. Men who were selfish, unreliable. Men who valued status and power and wealth. Men who thought using women was acceptable. Men who were […]
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Of Winter and Rest
Wayne Muller says: ‘Because we do not rest, we lose our way. We miss the compass points that would show us where to go, we bypass the nourishment that would give us succor. We miss the quiet that would give us wisdom. We miss the joy and love born of effortless delight.” Winter is an […]
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The power of creativity
“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.” Pablo Picasso “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” Sylvia Plath Sometimes I just need a good quote , something that reminds me I’m not the only one who thinks a certain way. Sometimes I need to know I’m not […]
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The Sun as a Reminder
“Praised be you, O God with all your creatures; and especially our brother the sun, who is the day, and the light; fair is he, and shining with a very great splendour: O God, he signifies you to us!” God isn’t in the sun, and he isn’t the sun, but the sun can remind us […]
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Winter Wanderings among the trees
“ I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” —Lewis Carroll
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Girls, grab your planners! It’s a new year!
Are you a journal keeper? Do you enjoy planning? I do, on both counts. I do Morning Pages every morning, which is basically three pages of stream of consciousness before you start your day each morning. I also write weekly in my Next Right Thing Journal by Emily P Freeman. I am currently working out […]
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Not Quite Done Christmasing
I have learned a handful of lessons this Christmas Season. The top three that come to mind are: 1) we will continue making good, meaningful memories. 2) When I don’t over decorate, then I’m more peaceful, and not itching to undecorate immediately the day after Christmas. 3 ) We don’t have to stop celebrating Christmas […]
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Fading Roses, and the End of Fall
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen…” […]