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Some Thoughts on Feelings, Cognitive Dissonance, and Complicated Friends
There is so much I want to try and find words for today to explain some of my thoughts of late on the role of feelings in our lives/my life. I am not an expert or an academic, but I have had to...
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Believe
Hello Lovelies. I haven't blogged since November 16. And I'm not going to start tonight. It is my husband's 46th birthday after all. So why am I on FB, thinking I am going to update you? Well, it's...
View Article"Come Thou Long Expected..."
Fill in the blank.My heritage and heart fills in the blank with "Jesus". But my emotions do not. Instead my heart cries at the end of the year this instead:"Come thou long expected father figure.""Come...
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Jewellspring 2015
Blogs are dead. Well, maybe they are. I don't write a blog anymore, so it's irrelevant to me. I am my own media space. I can write, tweet, podcast, YouTube, and Instagram. I can do whatever I want!...
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The Value in the Primal Scream
Are there primal screams in your story? There sure are in mine.Last week, I watched the movie "Wild" twice in the theater in 48 hours. I live in a small town and sometimes movies don't come here or...
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The Role of Abandonment
What does it mean to you to take care of orphans? Did you know that you are most likely one of them?So many of us need to take care of ourselves because our mothers and fathers just couldn't or...
View ArticleWhat Do You Believe About Destiny?
I have a confession to make. I have almost always been unsatisfied with my body.What does my confession have to do with destiny? We'll get there. But first, some snapshots of the story.Someone(s) loved...
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A Limitation of My Scriptures
If I capsulated my life lesson so far in my 40s, it is that there's almost always something else going on behind the scenes or under the surface. I take much less at face value now. At first this was...
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Hey There, Delilah. You Are More Than We Thought You Were.
The Valley of Sorek. Where Delilah was from. She lived where life was lush. I want to visit. This post is the continuation of my last post. You would want to start there."Delilah remains as a warning...
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I Think I'm Finally Ready to Say "Thank You"
If you don’t transform your suffering you transmit it. — Richard Rohr It took me down. No question. I remember it so clearly. Hearing his voice after 20 years. "How old are you?" he asked. "Forty,"...
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Will the Real Lesson Please Stand Up and Stop Licking My Face?
Can you blame me? I talked him into it, so I feel kind-of responsible."Honey, we have to get the second teen a dog. We did it for the first teen."This is when we were still homeschooling. I thought...
View ArticleThe Risk is Worth It
How do I write of the depth? I wrote part of this story before and also used the word, "Risk".Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Divine has heard my cries. The Divine has seen my face in the...
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I Can't Live. With or Without You.
It feels a little bit like falling in love.I'm a writer. And when life feels transcendent, I want to capture it with language. I want to weave the tapestry with one thousand words. I deeply respect my...
View ArticleAdverse Childhood Experiences
Some people fill their free time with funny pet videos. I do that sometimes, too. But when I really have time? I study childhood trauma and think about its deep implications on society. That's what I...
View ArticleGrief and Judgment
Fridays are my days to put life back together. But instead today it all fell apart. Grief tends to do that. It is my goal here to write this reality and share that you and I are not alone.Fridays are...
View ArticleThis is Not the End...
"You can insist on a different ending to your story. It is time to take back your narrative."--Monica Lewinsky.Woah.Dear Monica,I, too, wrote in 2010 that Tyler Clemenki didn't kill himself because he...
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Consider the Birds
Crystal Cove State Park Orange County, CA It's one-thirty p.m. on the last Monday of March. I just happen to be "on vacation." This year, I made it a goal to leave the luxury of the resort my parents...
View ArticleTouch--Take Two
I am participating in #AprilLove15 for photo prompts this month and April 6th's prompt was "Touch". I had no idea how to photograph my experience of touch on Instagram. Some of that is good, a place of...
View ArticleWhat is Your SuperPower? What Isn't?
I have a superpower. So do you. What is it? What isn't it?Telling you what mine isn't is easier. Mine is not athleticism. It isn't a clean house. It isn't even a career. I'm guessing it's easier for...
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It's Kinda a Mess Right Now
This morning I woke up and read this quote. And my first reaction was an internal swear word. Emotional intimacy is one of the greatest joys of human existence. Still, it’s best to let it develop...
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