Category: Kindness
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Families of All Sorts
Mark Frost wrote “We have two families in life. One we were born into that shares our blood. Another we meet along the way that’s willing to give their life for us.” Some of us are blessed that we have families we are born into that have that connection with us and also that we…
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Counting Blessings
Maybe your mother used the expression that mine often did when I complained about something in my life that was not the way I wanted it to be. She would invariably say “count your blessings,” which was her way of saying that I didn’t know how fortunate I was. I didn’t appreciate that phrase then…
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Being Weary
It seems that, for just about as long as I can remember, tired has been a constant state of being. Not just tired but exhausted. We give our all to work, to our families and we struggle with the uncertainties and anxieties that life seems to present us in a never-ending flow. From a virus…
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In the Space
I’ve been asked what the most difficult moment in my life has been. There are lots of challenging moments in all of our personal and professional lives, mine included. But I don’t even have to ponder that question as one moment and one image springs immediately to mind. Perhaps it is the same for you.…
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Other People’s Doors
Here is a universal truth. It is so easy to judge. It is so easy to take our own experiences and apply them to others, assuming that their circumstances are much like ours. We know what parenting is, we have children. We know what marriage is, we have partners. We know what loss is, we’ve…
With a Full Heart 