Posted November 12, 2016 in Sacred Stories

KK

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It was about 3 am when a feral kitten came into the porch with some coaxing.

She was up with a terrible headache.

Within an hour, after two bowls of food, the kitten jumped up on the coach and curled up with her for short periods of time.

She had been […]

Posted November 5, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Polished/Unpolished

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She preferred going to confession out-of-town. Something felt much safer to her not being known by the priest hearing her tell of her inner worries, wounds, and wonderings.

The priest suggested she buy a special kind of stone—one that had a rough side and a polished side. He said that stone was […]

Posted October 29, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Ants!

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As she woke up that morning, she was dreaming of ants. She was sitting on the sofa, and scads of ants were crawling all over.

She was trying to scoop them up, and place them out-of-doors safely, but there was an endless amount.

A few moments later, in the kitchen preparing her […]

Posted October 22, 2016 in Sacred Stories

How’s Debbie?

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“It’s hard to believe in coincidence, but it’s even harder to believe in anything else.” ~John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Denise and Marian were standing out in the yard chatting. Denise asked Marian if she knew how a mutual friend, Debbie, was doing.

Just then, Debbie rode up on her […]

Posted October 15, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Starr

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Starr was a wonderful dog. Starr lived with Linda and Tim, and their children, Billy and Christie. Starr loved each of them, and the family was blessed to have her with them for seventeen years.

Starr began having really bad health problems. It was painful for the family to watch.

One […]

Posted October 8, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Turquoise Ring

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Separated from her husband, adjusting to parenting her son alone, nervous about finances, especially now missing the support of her mother, she went for a hypnotherapy session.

“Do you have a piece of jewelry from your mom?” the therapist asked.

She told the therapist, “Strange you should ask. I have my mom’s […]

Posted October 1, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Found It!

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When her brother passed unexpectedly, she went to the cemetery to offer prayers. Her children were meeting her there. She got some flowers and picked up some small stones to bring to the grave. The office gave her a map to find the section, but she had no idea where the specific grave […]

Posted September 24, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Three Little Birds

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Her heart was heavy as she was driving to her parents’ house with her infant son. Her first family photos were going to be without her husband and her daughter.

She had given birth to twins a few months earlier, but her daughter had only lived three-and-a-half days.

Current family tension […]

Posted September 17, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Ed!

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He was enjoying a morning off.

He knew he wanted to stop and see a friend who had just gotten back in town after spending the winter in Florida.

He stopped in at a garage sale in a nearby town.

There was his friend buying a hat!

[…]

Posted September 10, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Boston

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Coming into the waiting room to see her client out of the building, she discovered a woman looking around.

“May I help you?” she inquired of the woman.

The woman responded, “I thought you had a book store here. I am looking for a book about preparing for surgery.”

“Oh, we don’t have […]