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My New Book - In The Hours Of Darkness
Pleased to say that my new book ‘In the Hours of Darkness’ is finished. Editing tomorrow then off to the proofreaders on Sunday. I’m feeling entirely positive about this publication, and believe that...
View ArticleBest Friend Forever
It is challenging to maintain a friendship when moving sometimes three or four times a year. When I
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Gods perfect pain...
I’m listening to the really fast Amma song that I love so dearly. The one that makes me shake my head and dance in my seat. I adore feeling like that. My seated body twists and rocks in place, like a...
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An Irish Blessing.
May flowers always line your path and sunshine light the way. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue And may happiness fill...
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“I will always love you.” A statement made…a declaration of commitment to someone
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Being At One with Desmond Tutu
It’s almost like being on the side of the angels, claiming kinship-by-association with Desmond Tutu. Ever since the retired Anglican bishop, South African social activist, Nobel laureate and...
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Palliative Care and the Family System, Part I
By Elaine A. Malec, PhD To understand families and how they work, imagine the mobile above a baby’s crib. It is usually made up of crisscrossed arms with bobbles hanging from strings of various...
View ArticleThe Unwinding
The Unwinding As tight as a…..( add a cliche here) flat on the back grounding into the down of her bed bright afternoon sun shining on her head the tightness of the inner threads begin to loosen on...
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May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water
June 25, 2014 Yesterday, late afternoon, as often happens when the heat in my house feels oppressive and my 65-year-old adrenal glands feel exhausted from the endless bills and unrelenting chores...
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If Everyone Loved and Nobody Lied...
To understand the world knowledge is not enough; you must see it, touch it, live in its presence and drink the vital heat of existence in the very heart of reality. Teilhard De Chardin TODAY: I woke...
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Unrelenting message from the Universe: You have the right to write
“There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood. I have nothing but contempt for people who despise money. Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot...
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lil bit of stuff
A very depressing day. I walked in the door…unloaded a few groceries and told Summer I was laying down. I did, crying…then I slept for about 2 hours. I woke crying. It’s ok…I get it. It is my new life,...
View ArticleAsk While You Can
So many questions and no one to ask, How much I wonder about the past. Took it for granted my whole
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DID YOU SEE: Katy Butler interview on death and dying in The Sun
Life in a body goes right up to and includes everything around the experience of dying. I agree with Katy Butler, author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door, that we don’t have enough conversations about our...
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HOW OLD ARE YOU IN YOUR HEAD?
My siblings may think differently, but I don’t have many poignant memories of my father (Channelling Pop). He was an understated guy. Quiet and often withdrawn, his personality took a backseat to my...
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Living For Death
Photo: Alex Grey. Photo Source: http://www.motley-focus.com/death.jpg Dancing With Death: I was in the presences of a family member as I was slipping in and out of consciousness. My uncle stood...
View ArticleIn Memory of Sara Jackson Lavender
Billy here. When we left the high desert of the Zuni Mountains to embark on a road trip to the Great
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Leave Nothing Undone.
For a few weeks now, I have had death on my mind. Mainly because a person in Hannah’s life has been really sick, and passed away last week. It is her first close experiencing with someone that she...
View ArticleFor My Kids
Bonnie: When I opened the box and saw the bears for the first time there were tears in my eyes. The
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