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Days 170-171 The Gift of Fathering
Fathers keep their children and family safe from all types of danger; from weather, wars, and any attacks from outside the home. They have provided family safety since Cave men guarded the entrance to their dwellings. They provide, often with… Continue reading
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Days 167-169 – “…the seam of glue that binds us”
What is that “seam of glue” that binds you to another? Does its strength ease your longing? Continue reading
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Days 163-167 An Awesome Place To Be
Shoulder Taps. How often to we listen to that small voice within? Especially when, this requires us to move outside of our comfort zone. We feel compelled… but we may hesitate and then dismiss the message. I can’t help… Continue reading
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Days 158-162 The Imagination Behind Gifts & the Journal’s 15th Anniversary
Gift giving can haunt us. It becomes easier when we note David Whyte’s counsel: “…it is the imagination behind the thought that counts, made tangible through gifts that find their definition through being twice blessed.” Continue reading
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Days 156-157 A Warm and Tender Hand
In Honor of All Caregivers “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share… Continue reading
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Days 151-155 Got Short Term Memory Loss?
Time for everyone to drop the phrase, “Senior Moment.” Seniors have more to remember because we’ve lived longer. Take comfort that occasionally forgetting names does not indicate a disease process. It means you are human. Continue reading
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Days 149-150 Slingshots to Nuclear War?
Too many soldiers from all countries gave their lives since human beings picked up stones and slingshots, then catapults and now nuclear war is in mankind's quiver of suffering and death! God watches our inadequate use of free will and… Continue reading
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Days 142-148 An Unstoppable Force: Part Two
Note: This is a continuation of a story about Lual Mayen that was published on the JSW on May 15th On one of Lual’s daily trips to the Internet Café, a friend introduced him to video games. Typical of video… Continue reading
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Days 137-141 The Gravity of Rain
One of my mother’s great gifts was her love of rain. It is not science that communicates rain’s true gravity. Only poets, film artists, writers & painters can suggest what rain means to the heart. Continue reading
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Days 135-136 An Unstoppable Force
Note: This is part one of a two-part story Can you imagine what it is like to be a refugee fleeing from violence, war, poverty and hunger as you and your family search desperately for a safe place to sleep,… Continue reading
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