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New Way to be Human
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New Way to be Human. Monday, July 13, 2009. I never thought I'd write here again. But I feel like this is the place that makes sense tonight. In a week it will have been 4 years since Mom died. And tonight that is hitting me especially hard. Tonight, for the first time in a long, long time I am awake reliving it all, and second guessing myself. My memories are skewed. All I have to go on now are the words I wrote then in my haze of emotion and stress and fatigue. And most of all, always. I hope you were ...
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New Way to be Human: Am I Normal?
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New Way to be Human. Thursday, July 06, 2006. The question I have asked myself the most often in the last 2 years is, "Am I normal? When I was pregnant and dealing with all of those suprising little symptoms I would call my sister-in-law the nurse practitioner, just so I could hear her say those two beautiful words: "It's normal." When Carolyn was born and something concerned me even a little, I would call her even more frequently to hear those same two beautiful words. I'm trying to learn what it looks ...
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New Way to be Human: Sympathy Card Rant
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New Way to be Human. Thursday, May 25, 2006. Ok So Gotta do a little bit on the topic of 'grief' in general here. Well. really more of a card vent. Bear with me, or read another post if you're just not into it. I've had to buy several sympathy cards lately, and of course we got scores of them when Mom died. But, in general, I HATE them. I mean seriously- have you gone to Hallmark and read any? I just don't get it. Why is our society so afraid to talk about the fact that death happens? And, unless a large...
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New Way to be Human: H-word Anniversary--(Do not read if you don't want to hear about Grief, or if end-of-life discussion will hurt or discourage you.)
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New Way to be Human. Wednesday, July 12, 2006. H-word Anniversary- (Do not read if you don't want to hear about Grief, or if end-of-life discussion will hurt or discourage you.). These July days aren't easy when it comes to the grief stuff. Please don't get me wrong I'm fully functioning, out and about, and doing the Mommy bit. (It seems like people read here and think, "Oh Val just sits around crying in her cheerios." I DON'T! I know- forget the what-ifs. When she saw the doctor and he said the "H-word"...
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New Way to be Human: March 2005
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New Way to be Human. Friday, March 04, 2005. Mostly though, I think my feeling is- can't something just GO RIGHT? It just doesn't seem fair. At my doctor's appointment today I found out that basically NOTHING is happening. I had 2 contractions during the non-stress test. I haven't had any strong ones at all. I had some ouch twingey ones last night. but very few and even those were pretty pathetic. And the baby is VERY posterior. A pity party day. Hopefully some ice cream, a bubble bath (and if my husband...
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New Way to be Human: November 2005
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New Way to be Human. Sunday, November 27, 2005. We'll Have to Muddle Through Somehow. As posted at my other blog:. This weekend, as the Christmas songs have been blaring over the airways more and more the song hit me anew in a fresh way. Especially the line, "Come next year, we all will be together If the Fates allow But till then we'll have to muddle through somehow So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.". I will truly live and love this Christmas. Even if it hurts. Posted by Val @ 1:16 PM.
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Text and photography by Dan K. Phillips- E-Mail Dan. Dan's Daily Spiritual Blog-Monastic Skete! Let there always be quiet, dark churches in which people can. Take refuge.Houses of God filled with his silent presence. Even when they do not know how to pray, at least they. Can be still and breathe easily. New Seeds of Contemplation). NEW-THOMAS MERTON RETREAT LED BY DAN PHILLIPS AT a PENUEL RIDGE RETREAT CENTER. A , ASHLAND CITY, TN. ON JANUARY 11, 2014. INTRODUCTION TO THOMAS MERTON BY DAN PHILLIPS. And V...
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John Howard Griffin, Thomas Merton and the house in Mansfield | Anointed HeArt
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John Howard Griffin, Thomas Merton and the house in Mansfield. October 14, 2007 38 Comments. My first husband Phil. And I, before we were married, moved into this little house in Mansfield, Texas. It was 1971 or ’72; I was 19 and he was 21. Arlington, Texas (Phil had been attending the University there). We went the next day and it was right; we rented it a. The whole wall facing out to the back yard acreage was glassed in from floor to ceiling, with an inside planter that had climbing geraniums growing ...
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New Way to be Human: July 2005
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New Way to be Human. Saturday, July 30, 2005. I have a lot of thoughts banging around about our Last Days with Mom. It was a difficult, beautiful, grotesque, horrible, exhausting, stressful, miraculous experience to be there with her as she centered into herself, and let go of this life. It was brutal and ugly when only a few hours later she didn't know who Daddy was and only referred to him as "That Man.". And when I came in after Daddy came to get me after she'd died, the beauty was there again. And I ...
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New Way to be Human: February 2005
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New Way to be Human. Saturday, February 26, 2005. Things I Learned from Gramma W. This of course relates to yesterdays post. These are some things I learned from my Gramma. It's not a Sofa, or a Couch. It's a DAVENPORT. Always stop at Wall-drug. It never hurts to spruce up one's hair, even if only to go for groceries. Splurge a little and get your hair done once in a while (when going with grandkids in tow, choose a salon that comes with lollipops). Never be afraid to voice your opinion. Speaking of stas...
