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Day 118 – Pastimes & Poetry
For a brief time during the game on Sunday evening, I forgot that the next day was Monday. I forgot that my everyday work involves helping charities that deal with the worst kind of human suffering. Continue reading
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Day 117 – Watching April’s End
Part of the practice of presence is teaching ourselves to observe the earth as she changes. I never noticed the end of April until I sought to write about her demise. Continue reading
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Days 114-116 – Living in Emergency – Doctors With Love
The astounding documentary, Living in Emergency, screened recently at the Nashville Film Festival and hopefully in wide release soon, portrays the astounding efforts of the volunteers of Doctors Without Borders. One of those profiled, T.C. Krueger, M.D., is a Nashville… Continue reading
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Day 112 – Caregiver Rest
Part of the purpose of the Journal is to offer respite for harried caregivers. We hope you can come to this Journal as part of you daily reflection and meditation. Continue reading
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Day 111 – April Outside the Hospital
The ground opens in April unbuttoning herself to welcome the moon Continue reading
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Day 110 – How We Learn Love
How do you think you first experienced Love’s gift? How did you learn of Love as you grew from baby to young child to adult? How do you pass on this gift to the patients who fall within your touch… Continue reading
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Day 98 – Speed and the Caregiver
Like the old saying, but seen in a new ways, speed kills. We all know that efficiency is called for in some aspect of all of our lives. How do we hold ourselves in balance so that we do not… Continue reading
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Day 91 – The Caregiver’s Home
We took care of the people who take care of people – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Day 89 – Living Differently
The right way to live in a rule-oriented society is simple to describe but can be hard to live – as hard as it is to live Love or to be a Christian. Follow rules when they will advance Loving… Continue reading
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Day 84 – Compassion for Shadowed Lives
The vast majority of us strive to save our lives and those of others, not to take them. As we find our own sunlight, may we not forget to love those who may be living in shadows. Continue reading
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