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Thanks for the help
Wash Day by Grandma Moses Nine days ago, I had the mother of all panic attacks. (Not a good mother. A very, very bad mother.) We had just turned out the lights to go to sleep. It started. I turned...
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Service – One Pearl at a Time
Joy, a dear friend, shared a story with me when I really needed it. I have been sitting with it for some time now. It has nourished me on a number of occasions. It reminds me to meet challenges and...
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Happy Birthday, Mom!
Dear Mom, Happy birthday! I love you and I love how you are living your life! Poetry classes, knitting group, book groups, walking the gardens, singing, tending your landscape, creating beauty in...
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My history with G-d
It has been six weeks or so since the surgery to remove the hardware that held my back together for the last couple of years. During this recovery, it has been very interesting to watch my...
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Freedom to wander
Thank you, Maria Wulf! I love her art and her blog. She inspired me with her post today at Full Moon Fiber Art. When you read her post, you will understand this potholder she made and the confluence...
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G-d’s mail
Years ago, a therapist asked me if I was writing down my dreams. I said no and she said, “So, you’ve decided not to open God’s mail to you.” I have learned again through my 12-step program for food...
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What I want
Charlie Chaplin and Helen Keller on the set of Sunnyside, 1918. I wanted what I wanted when I wanted it. But was that what I really wanted? I used to want something to eat all of the time. I went...
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Life’s lemons
Today, a friend asked me, “Are you resentful about your accident?” I’m really not resentful. I don’t have a resentful bone in my body about the accident. Not even my broken and crushed bones… of...
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Hope
This morning, as I went out into the 6am-dark and chilly world, with Miranda-the-labradoodle in the lead, I noticed a sad feeling. My heart felt a little slow to wake up. My eyes saw the sidewalk...
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By love alone
I keep learning! I have a lot to learn! Sponsoring in my 12-step program for food addiction continues to unfold as a great learning experience. Day after day, I’m learning from my sponsees,...
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Have no fear…
Yesterday I attended our Friends Meeting for Worship Christmas Pageant. Every year it makes me cry. The young First Day children sit on the facing bench in their homemade costumes, and raise their...
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A long way to go…
I’m part of a small group reading “The Gift of Our Compulsions” by Mary O’Malley. The conversation has led me to think about the quest to love oneself… and what that means to me. It’s a concept that...
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My child…
Back in March, my friend Eden and I went to an intensive yoga and meditation retreat at Kripalu in Western Massachusetts. Towards the end of the retreat, we were invited to write a letter to...
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