Here Comes the Sun

The warm sun finally returned to the pacific northwest last week breaking all the old heat records.

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Storm Clouds

“I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.”-Jennifer Yane
I can identify with this quote.  Storm clouds have come one after another, casting their dark threatening clouds on our once sunny days.  I went to bed carrying a heavy load of stress and worry the other night.  [...]

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Life is Short…Choose Happiness

There comes a time in life when you have to let go of all the pointless drama and the people who create it and surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard you forget the bad and focus solely on the good .  After all, life is too short to be anything but [...]

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Snow Covered Primroses

Last night a storm came through and the snow began to fall.  This morning we woke to giant fluffy flakes still falling from the grey sky with everything covered in a white blanket.  I couldn’t help but remember last week…the weather was as warm as spring.  I sat on the porch in short sleeves reading  [...]

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The Season of Lent

“The season of Lent re-echoes God’s call for us all to reorient & redirect our hearts toward God.”-author unknown
Today begins the season of Lent for many in the Christian faith. Despite being raised in the Christian faith, the Lenten season was something new to me several years ago when I started attending a liturgical church.  [...]

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Waiting For Spring

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?  ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

February is such an in-between month.  In December, I hope for snow and enjoy wearing sweaters.  But by the time  February comes, I am weary of the cold and the last thing I want is snow.  Today the sun shined, the sky was [...]

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Sacred Life Sunday: February Memories

Every February my memory take me back to second grade and Valentine’s Day

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Sacred Life Sunday: Grandparent’s

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance.  They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life.  And, most importantly, cookies.  ~Rudolph Giuliani

It must be  a sweet thing to be a child in your grandparent’s home.  Adoration, love, spoiling and yes…cookies. I  never knew my grandparent’s very well.  One [...]

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Roses in Winter

God gave us memory so that we may have roses in December

The pacific northwest woke this morning to another gray and cold foggy morning.  Even though it is cold and miserable, we still are more comfortable than many parts of the states this week.  I’ve been enjoying June garden walks at lilacs and rosesso [...]

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The Little Things

Sometimes it’s the little things that fill you with thanks…the dog stretched out asleep on the sofa, a pot of  soup simmering on the stove, a warm bed with clean flannel sheets at the end of the day.  We have had torrential rain this week in the pacific northwest.  I have watched with sadness as [...]

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