Category Archives: early morning thoughts

… in the loss, we find…

Posted on October 17, 2024 by oct17

Can you imagine that we spend six and a half months of our life looking for things we have misplaced or lost? That translates individually to two and a half days per year. I can’t beleive we lose that much … Continue reading →

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… in the slow, in the quiet…

Posted on August 28, 2024 by oct17

I slipped into a parentheses ( )** three months ago today, May 29, completely changing the course of summer. I had not planned on this; I did not want this. What was/am I to do Now? Now, a ( ) … Continue reading →

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… i’m not fine, but it’s ok…

Posted on June 24, 2024 by oct17

“We’re going through a bad patch right now.” I smile as I remember hearing our friend from Bristol, England, express these words over the miles of airwaves that separated us from them in Tennessee. He spoke softly, unashamedly… knowing there … Continue reading →

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… giving up… or focused…

Posted on April 25, 2024 by oct17

Have you ever wanted to give up… you know… to throw in the towel, and say, I quit? Many of us, at one time or another,  most likely can answer that question with a clear YES. I’m not talking about … Continue reading →

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… protected by kindness…

Posted on March 12, 2024 by oct17

“I believe you could talk to the wall,” someone laughingly said to me recently. Well, I thought she was laughing; maybe she was being unkind. I shared with her that I just had had a delightful chat with the new … Continue reading →

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LOVE… living it… leaving it…

Posted on February 13, 2024 by oct17

“I want that when you’re gone,” our daughter laughed as she entered our home in  Vienna, Austria, on her first visit to see us. She was putting her name on a piece of antique furniture, a schrank (wardrobe) we say … Continue reading →

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… loved… and liked…

Posted on January 18, 2024 by oct17

I love the times when Tom cups my face in his hands, his eyes shining, “I sure like you,” he says softly. Now, I know he loves me… there is no doubt; he has been loving me 60 plus years … Continue reading →

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… in wonder…

Posted on December 16, 2023 by oct17

It’s such a rough, almost crude, dwelling in front of me… I stood on the soaked ground in awe. I can’t intelligently explain what happened, but for brief moments, all the Christmases past, present and future melded in praise. Not … Continue reading →

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… seasoned…

Posted on November 13, 2023 by oct17

My yearly plea to Tom… “Please, please, leave the leaves on the ground as long as possible,” I beg every fall as they begin to pile up. And he does try, but that is as difficult for him to do … Continue reading →

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is it?… it is what it is…

Posted on August 14, 2023 by oct17

Thursday morning, August 10… I write… I wonder at times if I should ever write another blog; I realize many  lately begin on a sad note.  Surely, perhaps… maybe… hope for this journey to Now can be found. But I … Continue reading →

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