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“Home is a vulnerable place, the location of the most tender practices of human relationships…. Continue reading Home

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Life is short…

“Life is short. We do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel the way with us. So, be quick to love; make haste to be kind.” –Henri Frederic Amiel, 1868 Continue reading Life is short…

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A Force of Love

“All shall be well, all shall be well…. For there is a Force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go. – Julian of Norwich ( c.a. 1342-1416) Continue reading A Force of Love

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Like Water…

Like water, be gentle and strong.,,, Continue reading Like Water…

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Choose Well

“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.”  -Fred Rogers Continue reading Choose Well

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Clever or Wise?

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” -Rumi Continue reading Clever or Wise?

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A time to sow…

“Things change. Seeds need replanting. It is what living looks like. May you find new soil in your lives and plant thriving seeds. ” -Jane Kirkpatrick Continue reading A time to sow…

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Little Things

“If you take care of the small things,…” Continue reading Little Things

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Real life

“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own’, or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life – the life God is sending one day by day: what one calls one’s ‘real life’ is a phantom of one’s own imagination.” -from a 1943 letter … Continue reading Real life

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No Words

He beamed… Continue reading No Words

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