Posted January 5, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Simon and Garfunkel

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She was shopping for some special gifts.

The shop was quiet when she entered, but soon Simon and Garfunkel began to play.

She had to breathe deeply and hold it together.

She’d just left a session doing profound healing work around her mother’s death.

Simon and Garfunkel was her […]

Posted December 29, 2018 in Sacred Stories

“Dad”

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Her dad had lived with her for about 5 months before he passed.

The bedroom set in the guestroom where he stayed, had belonged to his sister.

After he passed, she put a few of his belongings in the bottom drawer, but the handles have since broken off and she cannot get […]

Posted December 22, 2018 in Sacred Stories

Donna!

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Her mother had died tragically the weekend of her wedding. She was doing everything possible to make peace around all of that.

Wanting to pick out some hand-crafted jewelry for a couple of her friends, she stopped in a gallery in the small town she was visiting.

She was drawn to […]

Posted December 15, 2018 in Sacred Stories

His Song

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Her teen-aged son had passed, a tragic loss of such a young life.

She had programmed her phone alarm to play what they had come to think of as “his song.”

It was her day off.

She woke up. His song was playing.

In her sleepy fog, she fumbled […]

Posted December 8, 2018 in Sacred Stories

“Ping!”

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Her father’s passing had been very difficult. She and her sister were holding together his business. Many times she felt herself asking him for guidance.

She noticed her dad’s special African drum would often make one “ping” as answer or confirmation to her thoughts or wondering. She knew he was answering her! […]

Posted December 1, 2018 in Sacred Stories

Tree Frogs!

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Shortly before her husband passed, he ordered a frog bird feeder. She had no way of knowing the significance of that.

After he passed, their yard became a play ground for tree frogs.

They came, they stayed, they sang, and they dropped down onto picnic plates.

She now wears several […]

Posted November 24, 2018 in Sacred Stories

Ashes!

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Her kids were coming to stay for a while. She had been keeping her husband’s ashes in the guest bedroom, but thought it best that she not leave them out.

After the visit, she looked for the ashes, but could not find them where she thought she had put them.

She […]

Posted November 17, 2018 in Sacred Stories

Aunt Millie

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He was at an open house, waiting out in the driveway for the arrival of an elder friend. As the friend arrived, and he helped her park safely, a man walked up.

The man was asking for directions to the Dial-a-Ride. Having walked a good long way already after making a wrong […]

Posted November 10, 2018 in Sacred Stories

Coke!

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They were on their way to an out-of-town major league baseball game. Their infant daughter was going to spend the night with a friend.

For the first time maybe in her life, the previous day she was thinking that a Coke™ sounded good. (She had never liked pop!)

She was feeling very […]

Posted November 3, 2018 in Sacred Stories

From Grief to Serenity

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On Thursday, she had to put down her beloved dog.

Half-heartedly, on Friday she went to a conference previously committed to that she had missed the first day of.

The first panel she attended was titled, “From Grief to Serenity”!

On Joy and Sorrow Kahlil Gibran Your joy is your sorrow […]