Posted May 26, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had experienced elephant as totem when she was first starting work as a clinical therapist.
Many years later, elephant energy popped into her mind one evening.
The next day a teacher/colleague (who was giving up formal office space) posted this on her Facebook wall: “Thought of you when […]
Posted May 25, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was walking to a neighbor’s home to drop off a couple of things, and pick up a couple of other things, when she met a friend whose sister now lives on her street.
She was wearing her garden shoes. “Poppies,” she said.
Looking down at the shoes, her […]
Posted May 2, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
It was his birthday.
He had wanted to get a dog for so long but the landlord would not allow dogs where he lived.
So his mom went online and ordered him a little Ty puppy dog for his birthday.
When she received it, she opened the tag […]
Posted April 27, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Late one evening, returning from a visit to her son’s, she lost her balance getting out of the car and into the house and fell. Thankfully, her daughter was with her, visiting from out of state.
She had a pretty severe skin tear on the underside of her forearm and […]
Posted April 27, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had been scrolling on a local Facebook “Memories” page, and happened to see her deceased husband’s writing!
A woman had purchased a bible — with this inscription — at an antique store. She had gone onto Ancestry.com and posted the photo on the local page hoping to find the […]
Posted April 23, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He had just spent 8 days on a meditation retreat that ordinarily would have taken place on the Emerald Isle, North Carolina, beach. The meditation teacher would ordinarily gather broken shells and give one to each participant. Due to the pandemic, this retreat was held on Zoom.
Their “virtual” […]
Posted April 20, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
It had been an intense retreat. She was grieving so many recent losses…
Her best friend had passed with ALS. Her brother passed suddenly of a heart attack while climbing the stairs to visit their mother. Then her mother passed from the coronavirus — a virus that prevented her from […]
Posted March 21, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Her granddaughter was only 6 months old when her husband had passed.
Visiting, now four years later, the young child looked into her eyes and said, “Pappa is never coming back.”
Their eyes locked, hers filled with tears.
This precious child placed a hand on each of her cheeks […]
Posted March 21, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
They were navigating the grief of the passing of their adult son. Her husband said, “If I just knew he is happy where he is, it would be easier.”
She knocked over a can of soda, spilling it down and under a nearby chair.
Moving the chair to clean […]
Posted March 21, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Her father called from California, but she missed his call.
He was wishing her a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Later that day, he had a stroke.
When he passed away, she was so grateful she had missed his call that day.
She still has his loving voice mail […]
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