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Inside a Palace, Inside our Hearts
Inside the City Palace in Jaipur, India Good Morning, God! I was looking at our friends’ photos of India and loved this shot of the inside of the City Palace in Jaipur. Palaces — and the homes of the...
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The Dimensions of Music — and Purposes of Bravery
The Spire of South Church, Andover, Massachusetts Good Morning, God! Kit and I were in this church last night to hear the first rehearsal of Patty’s Poems — from her book, Mango Days — set to music....
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Clouds: Coughing, Grieving and Trusting
the tail end of a passing weather front Good Morning, God! Cough, COUGH! Still, it is a good morning — perhaps because I am feeling my grief? Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the morning Patty died....
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Lost and Found in Bar Harbor, Maine
one of many bays and harbors in Acadia National Park Good Morning, God! The sunlight is bright on the water outside our room fronting Bar Harbor. My wonderful husband Kit has gone for a walk to take...
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Mommies and Babies — and Saying Goodbye
Mommy Monk Seal and Baby on the Ka’iwi shore Good Evening, God! I identify with this Baby Monk Seal, God. She is crying for her mommy to wake up. The mother, Irma, will stay with her for six weeks . ....
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The physicality of grief
looking up through a royal poinciana tree Good Day, God! I didn’t expect this grief over my mother to be so physical, God. Oh my Foolish Mind . . . my Foolish Conscious Mind. Apparently, I was thinking...
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Inner Sunsets and Twilight Times
dining outside at the Shack at twilight Good Morning, God! This is twilight time for my 98-1/2-year-old mother . . . who slips further away from me . . . day by day. The current between us is so...
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Thinking of Valleys and Shadows
Good Evening, God! Yesterday I was hit by another Wave of Grief. I’m not good at being Aware. But when the man at the mortuary called, I couldn’t answer the call. And I couldn’t call back, either. I...
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Dragons — Healing, Forgiving and more Healing
My Inner Dragon Good Morning, God! Over the last few weeks I’ve become much more aware of my Inner Dragon. I’ve known, God, how all we humans have a part of our brain that’s called The Reptilian Brain....
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FULL of Feelings
Suzy’s living area Good Morning, God! This afternoon Kit and I fly off to Ft. Lauderdale to embark on a cruise with the Garrison Keillor ensemble. A truly joyful thing to do. And Kit and I are...
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An Inner Sea
Good Evening, God! This photos of a mist covered lake in the Pyrenees was sent by dear friends as they hike in those mountains. I love this lake. It makes me think of my deep Inner Sea . . . a sea...
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Healing Grief
Good Evening, God! Give sorrow words . . . Shakespeare said that centuries ago. But, God, we don’t. As for me, I didn’t know how. So I pushed it down . . . focused on all the Good Stuff . . ....
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Releasing Constrictions
Good Evening, God Is there anything more constricted than a grieving heart before it breaks open? I have been focused on the term “Constricted” for the last few weeks. It started with an awareness...
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Give sorrow words
Good Morning, God! In You we live and more and have our being . . . I try to BE in that place when Death comes for those I love. I’m beginning to understand the Irish tradition of a wake. Actually, I’m...
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A Change of Perspective
Good Evening, God Today my wonderful husband Kit and I walked up our valley and on the way down paused at the park. I love turning the corner and looking down the valley — because THERE is the ocean!...
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The Candle of Hope
Good Evening, God! Sigh . . . we Enneagram Sevens resist pain and sorrow so automatically that it took me the entire day to realize that I was sad and a little depressed. Fortunately, I have two...
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Give Sorrow Words . . .
Shakespeare in McBeth Good Evening, God Grief, no matter how long unspoken, still longs to be shared. I am experiencing this first hand. Several months ago a dear friend, who had lost her beloved son,...
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A Gift of Love
Patricia Louise Smith August 31, 1962 — June 20, 1981 Today — June 20, 2021 — is the fortieth anniversary of when our daughter Patty died. That was June 20, 1981. Forty years? Really? How is that...
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Happy 59th Birthday Beloved Patty
Our beloved Patty — Patricia Louise Smith — 8/31/1962 – 6/20/1981 Hello, God As hard as it was — If You hadn’t assured me that Patty was “Vibrant, Radiant, Alive and with YOU” — how much harder it...
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