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Honeymooning, 2007 (check out our stylish shoes!) Waxy Buildup Saturday evening brought us discord. We’d had a busy week, we were tired, I had a little something on my heart that I decided I needed to air. Immediately. Despite our fatigue. That little something, though, was buried under layers of minor imperfections, slights, and examples […]
Our Local Independence Day Parade, 2007 Gifts Too Big to See On Friday, August 6, my dear friend Elizabeth, about whom I’ve written before (for example, here), was sworn in as a citizen of the United States. We exchanged several phone calls, emails, and text messages in the days leading up to the big event. […]
Is Grace in My Wake? Last night someone I admire as a spiritual mentor made a “joke” based on an ugly racial stereotype. It would have been an “open mic” moment, wherein the celebrity/politician/media whipping boy of the week is publicly captured making a comment meant to be kept private, except: 1. We’re not famous, so no microphones follow us around. […]
Choices My husband Rich and I spent some of our holiday weekend wrestling with drama. The details aren’t important; the gist is that we learned of a hurtful situation a person close to us has been causing for some time, and that other well-meaning people have attempted to “protect” us by concealing the truth. If […]
Rod and Marilyn Seiler, May 8, 1955, La Mesa, California All About Love I’ve been creating a diagram and individual cards to direct guests to their seats at my daughter Elaine’s wedding to her beloved, Rob. Oddly enough, this bit of preparation, more than any other, has led me to reflect on love. But not […]
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