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Of a certain age... (originally published 10/22/14)
by Diane Goble (This is a monthly column I write for my local newspaper, The Nugget, in Sisters, Oregon, USA) Fall is in the air. The leaves are turning yellow, orange, bright red. They are letting go...
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Summer it seems
Summer it seems is over — children back to school, leaves dropping careless on the lawn, roses laced with Japanese beetles. Petunias nod in their sad pots, and purple coneflowers talk among themselves...
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Endings/Beginnings
Welcome to Harbin Harbin Hot Springs. My soul-home. My screen saver. My compass. My place of healing and refuge. My recurring dream. My holy land. When I arrive, the first thing I do is go to...
View ArticleGrieving
for those who grieve… You’re doing okay, everyone tells me, You’ll be fine, just wait and see.
View ArticleAt Journey's End
He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 25: 8 This...
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Nonfiction: "Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife"
Spook by Mary Roach I’m gathering some scary stories for a fall display, and thought I’d add Spook–which is not a scary book at all, but rather an entertaining work of nonfiction that takes a look at...
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Prostrate with Weeping
Map source: http://www.bible-history.com/ A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high...
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Stumbling, tripping, falling, and all things hard
Content Note – Trauma, Abuse, Abandonement. Sometimes I stumble sometimes I trip, sometimes I fall and sometimes things are really bloody hard. Anyone working in mental health will be able to tell you...
View ArticleCrying
“It doesn’t rain enough to do all my crying in the rain. One can take only so many showers or use th
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The Nature of God: What I Know for Certain
I don’t know God on an intellectual level. What I know for sure is that the only way I connect with the Creator is through the mind in the heart. This heart connection to God is authentic, without bias...
View ArticleDr. BJ Miller on Redesigning Death
“Learn to live well, not in spite of death, but because of it.” Dr. BJ Miller of Zen Hos
View ArticleAnd When Did You Last See Your Father (2007). Anand Tucker
Roger Ebert는 이 영화의 질문을 이렇게 바꾸었다. When Did You Last Really See Your Father? 아버지 이야기는 정작 그 당사자에겐 고백하지 못한 이야기 회한에 찬 이야기가 되기 쉽고, 부끄럽게도 눈물을 흘리게 만드는 것이어서 그런지 모르겠다. 이 영화는 아버지에 대한 이야기다. 아버지의 임종을 지키기 위해 바쁜 시간...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye
Saying goodbye is like watching a ship sail away. The more you watch, the smaller the ship becomes u
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Seven Questions People Ask When Grieving
By Elaine A. Malec, PhD Although loss happens in everyone’s life, when the loss is a result of death to someone close to us we can have experiences that seem to fit nothing we have known before....
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QDEP Mom and Dad - April 5, 2015
Wendy welcoming all the guests. The three of us. We gathered old photos of them for everyone to peruse, setting them out on Wendy’s coffee table. Well, I guess I am back to writing – true confessions,...
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Diaries of The Breadman's Daughter: Wayne Dyer, You Changed My Life.
Facebook really knows how to deliver the news. Whatever is going on in the world, it ends up there in some way, shape or form. Guaranteed. So much of it is bullshit baffling brains. It’s a crazy-ass...
View ArticleA Room Outside of Time
That day started out like most others. I got into my office/car, slammed some espresso, and headed toward St. Louis to see some patients. First on the roster were two patients at a nursing home in...
View ArticleHow Often
“You don’t miss the water until the well runs dry” is a familiar saying with a “life lesson.” The me
View ArticleAlternate Histories: 5/5, 6/13, 9/21
5/5/15 I’m always mad at people who are happy when it’s warm in winter … In person I’ll be like, “Oh, I’m a winter girl,” or “I like having seasons, I’m from New England.” On Facebook it’s good and...
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