Category: Families
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Give a cup of coffee or tea (Advent Day 5)
One of my fondest memories of childhood is sitting at the dining room table with my paternal grandparents, enjoying freshly brewed hot tea in the afternoon and noshing on snacks. It was their version of high tea that I’ve always treasured, nibbling on crackers and listening to the adults share stories. My mother’s family was…
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Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge: the comfort of God
For you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. This week at church, we are asked to provide a picture of or describe something that God uses to offer comfort, either now or in the past. I struggled a bit with this exercise because my inclination was to offer up something…
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21 Day Practice: Day 4 – Healing hands and letters of love
Once a month, my Reiki students and I offer a free Reiki healing clinic for the public. The clinic broadens community awareness of the benefits of Reiki healing; allows us to offer loving service to others who may need healing, a smile and a kind word or two; provides my students the opportunity to deepen…
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Allowing happiness
First realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and then stop finding fault with the reflection. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj As I’ve gotten older, I hold my emotions and feelings closer to the vest. This may come as a surprise to people who know me to be quite active on social media with both…
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The art of juggling (my life)
I was quoted last week in an article in U.S. News & World Report entitled 8 Ways to Find More Time in Your Day. I’ve blogged about navigating the challenges of work/life balance before, but this is the first time I think I’ve “outed” myself in the press with regard to how I made it…
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Back to school time
Today, we sent the little one off to her first day of kindergarten and the teen boy off to (gulp) high school. Although the little one clung to my hand in the hallway, as soon as we got to her classroom, she wanted us to be gone. I now understand why I broke my mother’s…
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