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Tag Archives: grieving process
White Rock Gospels 5:20
We all stopped to watch as it tuned up this sunset this luxurious unveiling this moving picture of color six miles past description at the lake on the lake in the lake Some of us even … Continue reading
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Tagged art, beginnings, cancer widow, color, endings, God, grief process, grieving process, healing, hope, love, nature, rebooting, recovery, relationships, renewal, spirit, sunsets, walking
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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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Prayers of the antagonostics
I am scared today God. Slept hard, woke up exhausted, spent, alone. Thank you for the quiet center in this space where you are. I apologize. I am very sorry that it takes a bulldozer, a crane, a trained hostage negotiator, sixteen mules, … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, cancer widow, gifts of the spirit, God, grief, grieving, grieving process, new life, new normal, prayer, recovery, sorrow, throat cancer, widow, widowhood
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Operating instructions
The moment came in the dying, then in being seated with the dead. Before you ever found your footing, the quilt was laid across your shoulders. The heft of it kept you grounded, so much so that in the first … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversaries, bereavement, cancer widow, caretaking, carpe diem, change, clearing away, death, depression, faith, gifts of the spirit, grief, grieving process, poetry, quilting, quilts, widow, widowhood, women
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27 January 2015
On January 27, 1964, the State of Texas got a little bit funkier, a whole lot funnier, and infinitely kinder as Mark Allen Daves made his debut in El Paso. Mark’s preferred birthday was small and intimate. He usually wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged birthdays, cancer, cancer widow, celebrations, grief, grieving, grieving process, life and afterlife, love, marriage
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