Tag: compassion
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What’s So Great About Freedom?
photo courtesy of Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Growing up with hard-working parents who had high expectations for each of us kids was a gift and a challenge. I learned that a good work ethic could make the difference in how I lived. The other side of that was I wanted freedom from the many rules…
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Community Is Crucial
It was supposed to be a delightful hike through Honey Bee Canyon In Tucson, one that my sisters had walked many times before. It was a marvelous day for a walk, and the two of them were accompanied by a friend. They maneuvered their way around rocks and the scattering of pebbles all over the…
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I’m The Worst
I’ve got to be the worst nana in the history of the world. John and I were asked to help with our grands while their parents were at a work retreat, a job that’s a joy with an immense amount of humor thrown in for good measure. I needed to drive Cal to preschool in…
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The Love Of A Father
Exhaustion comes from an overwhelming sense of newness and change, those out-of-control adjustments that can take a lot out of us. Little Kollyns is just a week old, and she’s completely got her days and nights mixed up, sleeping all day, remaining awake all night. Midnight is the beginning of her day, and she really…
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And Then They Were Married
It hadn’t been planned this way. It wasn’t the dream; it was spontaneous and hurried. And totally wonderful. Two sweet friends got married in our backyard Saturday night. The coming together of two people so completely in love and amazingly right for each other that it was a gift to be part of it. We…
Tip of My Iceberg 