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March 3, 2017
Friday, March 3, 2017
“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist I wake early, first, while it’s still dark, just the way I like it. The morning silence speaks volumes to me and listen with gratitude. […]
March 2, 2017
Thursday, March 3, 2017
“Wisdom comes with winters” ~ Oscar Wilde Life, like this fading flower, takes on a unique beauty at a certain point when the brightness of youth fades. It’s wonderful. We settle into ourselves, we come to understand, we learn to let go. It’s also challenging. The memory begins to weaken, the joints begin to complain, […]
March 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
“The world was an awfully large place and it wasn’t easy to find a person who’d gone missing sixty years earlier, even if that person was oneself.” ~ Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden I enjoyed catching up with a friend yesterday. Coffee and good one-on-one conversation are two of my favourite things, especially when taken […]
February 28, 2017
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” ~ Maya Angelou, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes I wake early, well-rested and content, basking in memories of a weekend with grandchildren but happy to be home in our own bed. […]
February 25, 2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol The laughter of my grandchildren. The beautiful prairie. All is well.
February 24, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
“She loved them so much that she felt a kind of hollowness on the inner surface of her arms whenever she looked at them–an ache of longing to pull them close and hold them tight against her.” ~ Anne Tyler, A Spool of Blue Thread We are looking forward to a weekend with our grandchildren. […]
February 23, 2017
Thursday, February 23, 2017
“Feelings, and feelings, and feelings. Let me try thinking instead.” ~ C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed I have let feelings run the show in recent days despite knowing that’s like putting life on a trajectory toward misery. I’ve known what I need to stop doing, but haven’t. I’ve had some ideas for what would be […]
February 22, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart There were many moments of silence as we visited with my mother-in-love yesterday. It was not one of her better days. Still, there was music in the few words she spoke in the moments when her eyes met ours in […]
February 21, 2017
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
“We think sometimes we’re only drawn to the good, but we’re actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties.” ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Life Lessons I am losing–no, I’ve lost–patience with nonsense. It’s making me cranky, and the fact that I’m […]
February 20, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
“Mistakes are proof that you’re trying.” ~Ernest Hemingway The message in church yesterday spoke to me: it was about worry. Later, good conversation with Gerry and a better night’s sleep solidified my intention to handle life differently this week. The concerns for friends, family, and those I don’t know but whom God has burdened me […]
