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Saloon Swinging Door Heart
I was musing about one of my biggest fears that was blown away like a dandelion puff when I disempowered it and instead, empowered myself. Prior to the health challenges of the past few years, I was...
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High Maintenance vs. Low Maintenance Living?
I have been musing over this thought for quite awhile. I had wonderful, loving and generous parents who did all they could to raise successful, well-rounded kiddos. I was diagnosed with asthma shortly...
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Holy Discontent
I have been following the wise words of someone I refer to as a 'fellow clergy-dude'. His name is John Pavlovitz, a pastor in North Carolina. His blog called Stuff That Needs To Be Said is bold and...
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One More Run
Back in my take on the world, the heck with the consequences 20's, I was a bit more of a physical daredevil than I am now in my fabulous 50's. I still work out regularly, and earlier in the week, I...
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Hugs Not Hate
Saturday and Sunday, May 6th and 7th were Global Free Hugs Days. Designed to celebrate the power of connection via this form of nurturing touch, it...Read the full post here »The post Hugs Not Hate...
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Wondering About Wonder Woman
Like a gazillion people worldwide, I entered my local movie theater to indulge in some fantasy for a few hours. With my friends Ondreah and Lisa, I sat, mesmerized as the drama unfolded on screen. I...
View ArticleDoing What You Love
My friend, Betsy Chasse is a producer whose best-known work of art is the iconic 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know? It is a docu-drama that follows its main character, a photographer (played named by...
View ArticleHow’s Your HQ?
As I was planning on writing this blog entry, my friend Joanna Chodorowska posed a question: How's Your HQ? (Hug Quality) I responded that she knew how mine was, since I offer FREE HUGS any and...
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You Never Know What Tomorrow Brings
Throughout my life, my father used to utter these wise words, "You never know what tomorrow brings," as his way of honoring the present moment. Although he wouldn't quite frame it that way, since he...
View ArticleLove Soup
On Saturday, August 12th, 2017, this mother's prayer came to be as my son Adam married the love of his life, Lauren. Although the relationship is 2 1/2 years old in chronological time, I sense their...
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What’s In A Year?
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes...the opening words to the epic song Seasons of Love from the musical Rent. Each time I hear the song, I get goosebumps since it reminds me that...
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Born To Stand Out
I'm a sucker for heart-tugging movies, especially those that highlight characters who overcome seemingly unfathomable obstacles. From the moment I saw the trailer for Wonder (based on the best selling...
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The Gap Between
Writing this with a sty in my eye, obscuring my physical vision, but not blurring my insight. What is surprising is that this time the impairment is on my right side. Over the past few years, I have...
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The Best Days of Your Life
Writing this as I snuggle under the covers, listening to my favorite radio station WXPN from whence comes all sorts of music to tickle my ears and delight my soul. The wind...Read the full post here...
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World Laughter Day!
Take a deep breath and then let loose with a deep belly laugh. Then another and another. I'll wait. I bet that felt good. I know it does when I do it. We are born to laugh, hardwired for it. Watch a...
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Fáilte abhaile-Welcome Home
Awake before the sun peeks over the horizon, to the sound of chirping birds. Eyes open, heart open, body a bit fatigued and rather confused. It thinks it is still five hours later since, for 10 days,...
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Beach Bunny
A sunny, breezy time at the Jersey shore town of Belmar beckoned beguilingly. My friends Ondreah and Lisa and I piled into Lisa's SUV and headed North for a day-cation. The car was packed with...
View ArticleFinding Peace in the Midst of Turmoil
Lately, the world has been too much with me. As an empath, my compassion for those who are suffering goes deeper than it might otherwise. I can't turn my head or my heart away and pretend that it...
View ArticleUnshed Tears
Had quite a revelation a few days ago, courtesy of my BFF Barbara Cohen. We were talking about a series of conversations I had recently with two other friends, Ondreah Johnson and Beth Nolan. Ondreah...
View ArticleFasting and Forgiveness
I am sitting cross-legged in bed on a morning set aside from others in the Jewish religion in which I was raised. As a child, at this point in the day, I would be in synagogue, wearing a dress, knee...
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