Never Visit A Dying Person
Never Visit A Dying Person I bet you’re scratching your head right now. Why wouldn’t you want to visit a dying person? Would you abandon your wife, husband, mother, [...]
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Dec, 2023
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Aug, 2023
How Sunny Got Her Name
Photo of Sunny, six weeks old—Our first moment together and our first kiss Everyone called her Sunny but her real name was Sunshine Hope. I was the only one who [...]
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Aug, 2023
Finding the Right Love Song
geralt from Pixabay First things first—Love isn't a noun. Love is a verb revealed through actions, not words. Before I continue, I’d like to share the ways I learned about [...]
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Jul, 2023
Public Service Announcement
Public Service Announcement (PSA) This is a warning and information that might save your life or the life of someone you love. If you’ve heard of TIA’s, you probably [...]
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Apr, 2023
Trauma and the Unexamined Life
My first experience with how the body stores traumatic memory came decades before I learned such a thing existed. The year was 1991. Phil’s dad had died, and I was [...]
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Mar, 2023
A Little Life Review
For most of my life, if you asked, I would tell you I had a wonderful childhood. And I did. But that’s not the entire story. Although I knew [...]
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Aug, 2022
Seventeen
August 17th, 17 years ago. I’d been home only a few minutes after an afternoon spent at my mother’s bedside when a feeling flooded me and I knew I had [...]
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Aug, 2021
Grief Has No Shelf Life
August 17th, again. The anniversary of the day my mother took her last inhale and never again exhaled. After hours with her, I’d stepped out of the room only [...]
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Mar, 2021
Love Letter to My Heart
My heart, dear heart, sweet, gentle heart. I wish you were healthy and I’m grateful that despite your challenges, you’re still here. My heart, broken so many times yet not [...]
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May, 2020
Amidst a Pandemic by Kathryn Mattingly – Guest Post
I am delighted that award winning author Kathryn Mattingly has generously allowed me to share with you her personal, yet universal, post about the challenges she has been facing while [...]