Tag: healing
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Living In The “Not Yet”
“I wanna be like my brudders.” Our Pennsylvania clan is a boy family. Four articulate, competitive, active young boys who play well together–and battle one another with ease. The dynamic of all boys in a family is usually quite a bit more robust than a family of all girls. But there are similarities. The youngest…
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Hug More; Hug Longer
I’m a hugger by nature. Covid just about destroyed me. I think it did that for many; we all need the comforting touch of other people to remind us that we matter. When we were isolated, needing to stay away from those we loved, bubbling with only a selected number of people, it was an…
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An Almost Christmas Crisis
As I left for work, John informed me that he thought he’d pulled a muscle in his chest as he slept. I heard “pulled muscle” and didn’t consider it a problem. He was concerned enough to not go to the office. He talked with folks at the miniER and his own doctor about what he…
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The Need Hasn’t Changed
The nation-wide March for Our Lives and Palm Sunday happened a day apart. Same message. Saturday, March 24, students and their supporters around the country marched to protest the lax attitude of lawmakers toward gun control. The fear resulting from the massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, where seventeen students and teachers were killed,…
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When The Bedside Manner Is On The Wrong Side Of The Bed
I believe that at some point in a child’s life, every one of them wants to be a doctor. Or nurse. Or veterinarian. It’s not necessarily a life ambition that sticks all the time. We’d be overrun with health professionals if that were the case. (Thoughts come to mind, but I’m choosing not to go…
Tip of My Iceberg 