Posted December 10, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He missed his mom since she had passed, but he thought of her often, and this day he also thought of his mom’s good friend.
Within minutes, his mom’s friend called to tell him she had just found a Crow feather standing in her yard. Crow was one of her dear friend’s […]
Posted December 3, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
When I was 28 years old, I told myself that I wanted to be in a place to “retire” by the time I was 35 years old.
My goal was to be free and offer my “work” to the world.
I got released from my job exactly at 35 years plus one […]
Posted November 26, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
The family was all meeting with the pastor to plan his mother’s eulogy. “In some cultures it is common for the spirit of the loved one to visit. Although that is not as well recognized in our culture, I hope you will remain open to the possibility that she will visit.”
“She […]
Posted November 19, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Imagine the chaos that erupted when bats began showing up inside resident rooms at the senior living complex…
Intentional about bringing a deeper sense of things to every experience of life, she suggested to her colleague that they look up the symbolic meaning of bat in Medicine Cards.
Her colleague […]
Posted November 12, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
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 By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
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 By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
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 15, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
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 By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
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 By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
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 […]
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