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Posted October 24, 2026 in Sacred Stories

The Medicine of Surrender

By Debra Basham

She had gathered with some deep friends from their Grief Journey Group. The time together was precious beyond words. The following morning, one friend, whose husband transitioned 21 years ago, shared this poem with the group:

The Medicine of Surrender

More than self-blessing, I ask for self-surrender, to blossom as generously as the echinacea, […]

Posted October 23, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Beanie Babies Blessing

By Debra Basham

She had always been self-employed until the death of her husband necessitated her taking a job with benefits. She needed to provide medical insurance for her two children. She was hired by a local health-care association to work as a Dietician – the only paying position in her region. Her clientele was the migrant population […]

Posted October 23, 2026 in Sacred Stories

I Did It My Way

By Debra Basham

He got a call to pick up his sister and come to the home of their brother and sister-in-law. He knew without asking: his brother had died. (He does not speak about it using that word, though. Speaking as he experiences it, he says, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are […]

Posted September 20, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Doctor

By Debra Basham

He had Agent Orange. Agent Orange is a powerful chemical weed killer that the U.S. military sprayed over millions of acres in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War to remove dense plant cover. For years his health had been compromised, and he had undergone the best of modern medicine. He needed heart surgery, but was […]

Posted September 5, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Change is Full of Opportunity

By Debra Basham

She told her sister she had been awake and did a therapy writing after having gotten a call from a precious friend. That friend was in the hospital, again, with fewer and fewer medical options seeming to exist. She also shared an attribution line “developed and produced by so-and-so” mentioning her former business partner had […]

Posted August 22, 2026 in Sacred Stories

MDS Leukemia and Seeing God Clearly

By Debra Basham

It had only been one day earlier she had been on the phone with a friend/colleague for 90 minutes. The friend had received a diagnosis of MDS Leukemia.

Her friend was a Nurse Practitioner, so no novice to medical information. The prognosis for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) — sometimes called pre-leukemia — varies widely. Median […]

Posted August 5, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Help from Martin

By Debra Basham

Following several strong storms this summer, I have often seen an elder person using a grabber/reacher to pick up myriad branches and twigs dumped onto the sizable lawn.

This day, since the person was very near the road, as I rode by on my bike I spoke, “It is a beautiful morning.”

[…]

Posted July 24, 2026 in Sacred Stories

D-O-N-N-Y

By Debra Basham

At over ninety years of age, it is a shock to lose an adult child. Her son, Donny, had passed two years prior when she had the phone ring just one ring and stop.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

She decided to go to the phone in the house that had a caller identification […]

Posted July 18, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Mints - A Double

By Debra Basham

Soon after the husband of her friend had passed the white-with-red-stripes, soft, sugary mints he loved gifting to his wife started showing up. (See “Mints”.)

For over 20 years now, this particular type of soft mint had been recognized as a welcome message of his everlasting love!

While planning to be visiting with their […]

Posted July 18, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Molly and OJ's

By Debra Basham

He went out with friends for the first time in over a year — not since his wife had been diagnosed with brain cancer.

Molly and OJ’s had about 40 moon-shaped lights ceiling lights.

As they began talking and laughing about old times, the light directly above him at their table started flashing! […]

The Medicine of Surrender

Beanie Babies Blessing

I Did It My Way

Doctor

Change is Full of Opportunity

MDS Leukemia and Seeing God Clearly

Help from Martin

D-O-N-N-Y

Mints - A Double

Molly and OJ's

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