Tag: hope
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Why Be Thankful?
photo courtesy of Priscilla du Pree on Unsplash It can be a challenge to consider an attitude of thanksgiving when life around us feels painful and out of control. Natural disasters don’t help; hurricane Ian set a lot of people back in Florida, and we’re still dealing with insurance and repairs. COVID continues to have…
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A Most Excellent Adventure
Loss is something that’s part of life. We lose things, relationships end, and people die. Being deprived of the presence of those you love and value is the most challenging of losses. Another dear friend has passed away; grief is such an unwanted visitor. My friend Steve Douglass was an incredible man. When we first…
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His Name Was Joe
Everyone comes across people in life that impress them for some specific reason. They impact us with who they are, how they choose to live, and how they make us feel. Joe Druckemiller was that kind of man. My friend. I’d known Joe for decades. He was one of those people that entered a room…
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Sunrise–Sunset
In the movie, “Fiddler on the Roof”, Tevye sings a song during the wedding procession of one of his daughters that reflects his acute awareness of the passing of time and opportunities that need to be valued when they appear. This movie is one of my all-time favorites. It reflects a difficult time in Russian…
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To Dye Or Not To Dye
When life hands you a lemon, you look desperately for sugar so it’s not a complete loss. When our family vacation was canceled due to Covid, our Colorado family got creative, primed for together time. They, too, had weathered the virus the week before the rest of us did, so having already experienced isolation, they…
Tip of My Iceberg 