Enormous problems, seismic change, life and death matters, literally and seemingly… Ancient resentments, exposed trauma, long blocked but harrowing, devastating, though not understood, confusing, depressing… overcome. Understanding flowing forward, relentless waves bringing change sometimes rapid, sometimes inching glacially, moving forward, […]
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“Thank You”
Compliments befuddle me, honors don’t humble me… they humiliate me! Singled out I want to say, “My hair’s a mess, I should have worn a dress, don’t look at me, don’t give me this, I don’t deserve it.” Like Paul, […]
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How could I love my body? How could I have accepted an addiction to sugar, a compulsion to overeat, a disease that could have, would have killed me? I can do all this because without meeting the criteria, without the […]
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Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. ~ Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B Ordinary holiness, a blessed existence, a consciousness of the presence of […]
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Like breathing out and breathing in… My coughs, my tightened throat, its ups, its downs are second nature to me now… I am a compulsive eater, a compulsive game player, a compulsive knitter, crossword puzzle addict, procrastinator, Facebook checker, analytic, critic, compulsive […]
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