Posted January 22, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Angels Around

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Her granddaughter had recently told her when you see three or more of the same number, or four or more sequential ones, angels are nearby. For example, if you glance at a digital clock and see the time is 11:11 or notice an address of 4567 Whatever Street. That’s what her […]

Posted January 21, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Kaleidoscope

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She works as a home-health nurse. Visiting with her patient, he was telling her how he and his wife had purchased a kaleidoscope at the local art fair. He would come home from a stressful day at work and turn on relaxation music, kick back in the recliner, and look through […]

Posted January 21, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Lily

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Lily passed from injuries sustained in the auto accident that had taken her father a few days earlier, in June of 2021.

That summer, a single coral-colored lily “volunteered” in the yard of her family home.

Lily flower meanings include beauty, purity, fertility, transformation, rebirth, and devotion.

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Posted January 21, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Cervantes

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She was up early again. Grateful she leaned toward being a short sleeper, about 7 hours is perfect for her.

The Osho Zen Tarot card she drew asking about her husband’s coming home from the hospital was: X Change. It has often been said that the only unchanging thing in […]

Posted January 13, 2022 in Sacred Stories

5 Pounds

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He came home from the hospital with a strict “no lifting anything over five pounds” until after his post-surgical recheck that was still a couple of weeks away.

In a few days, as he gained some strength, he wondered aloud how much his guitar weighs.

His wife carried the […]

Posted January 7, 2022 in Sacred Stories

PICC Line

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Christopher, the OR nurse finished checking the patient’s PICC line.

A peripherally inserted central catheter, also called a PICC line, is a long, thin tube that’s inserted through a vein.

As he headed out the door, Christopher paused, turned, and shared an experience.

“I am not a religious person, […]

Posted January 7, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Cervantes

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One month into their four-month snowbird season, her husband had emergency CABG – coronary artery bypass grafting. They had no idea he had extensive coronary artery disease.

She anticipated he would be discharged from the hospital today. Catching up on email, a message from the book Easy Does It: A […]

Posted January 1, 2022 in Sacred Stories

See Cashier

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She stopped to get gas. Her husband was in a hospital about an hour’s drive away.

She inserted her credit card, punched in the ZIP code, and got the “See Cashier” message. She tried her debit card and it also said “See Cashier.”

When she went in to the […]

Posted December 20, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Gift Tag

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She found this gift tag stuck to a dirty, torn box that had fallen behind the basement freezer who knows when. The gift tag came right off.

Her Credit Union laminated it for her.

Her post on Facebook reminded us:

“Be aware of the little things”

“I see you, […]

Posted December 12, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Ray of Sunshine

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She went to the cemetery to put a grave blanket on her husband‘s grave.

As she got in the car to leave something said to her, “Tak one more picture.”

She took this picture from her car window and this is what she saw.

(Eastampton New Jersey […]