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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Two-Percenters/Finn (again)
“…and I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last two percent…” Finn Butler This week, my sister … Continue reading
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Tagged bereavement, cancer widow, encouragement, faith, gifts of the spirit, gospel, gratitude, grief, grief process, grieving, healing, healing after loss, holidays, hope, love, Matthew 17, mountains, mustard seed, New Testament, recovery, sisters, thanksgiving, widow, widowhood
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Exploding St. Paul
I just found out that St. Paul Hospital is coming down. The implosion is set for 8 a.m. tomorrow. My son wants to drive into Dallas and watch it fall. I’m on the fence. Mark died at St. Paul. … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer widow, demolition, gardens, grace, gratitude, grief, grieving, grieving process, healing, healing after loss, hospital, implosions, life, love, memorials, St. Paul, The Dallas Morning News, writing
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Choosing to believe Finn Butler
I rarely give up my space to other writers but once I read this, I knew I had to share it. Finn Butler, wherever you are, whoever you are, you are plugged into something mighty powerful. Thank you. “Everyone who … Continue reading
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A higher state of bean: a meditation on Cloud Gate
see the bean as the eye of God and the bridge to a higher self to laughter, self-reflection, the ability to laugh at yourself and feel connected to all through joy and pain and feeling at one with your lost love and the … Continue reading
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Tagged "I will follow you into the dark", 12 Steps, Al-Anon, anniversaries, bereavement, cancer, cancer widow, carpe diem, celebrations, Chicago, Cloud Gate, death, easter, faith, forgiveness, friendship, gifts, gifts of the spirit, God, grief recovery, love, marriage, recovery, sobriety, spirituality
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November 7, 2015
Here’s to Love, friendship, mischief, and a thousand thousand kisses. Here’s to my groom, my dearest love. Anniversaries alone suck. That’s why you bring along shiny soul friends, to share the path, and lighten the burden.
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All hallows, all saints
In my memory banks, there are two November 7ths that I spent with Mark. Our November 7, 1992 wedding, and the last anniversary we had together, in 2011, the day that Mark almost died. (Landmark anniversaries and new theologies) Trauma … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, cancer widow, grief, grief process, grief recovery, healing, love, recovery, throat cancer, trauma recovery, widowhood
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Life UnMarked 