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Last week, my neighbor gave me her dryer. Yes, like a washer/dryer…she gave me her dryer. Her washer gave out, was under warranty, and so she was replacing it anyway. When she told me, I asked–almost flippantly–if she was replacing her dryer, too, and giving her old one to me. I [...]
I have a friend who has been in the hospital for more than a month. We met a few months ago and have become friends quickly. Several days a week, I travel to the hospital to visit. I’m not consistent about the time of day, so I have met many nurses who have cared for [...]
I have felt REALLY blessed over the past few days! I have felt like people beyond myself were in-tune with my life and the feelings I was feeling. I felt great love from others in the form of time, phone calls, food dropped off (the muffins were YUMMY, Michelle!), and even from people in the grocery [...]
We have a friend who said that our family is experiencing the hardest time in our lives. I know others who have as great challenges as we have and some who are experiencing greater challenges right now. We reached the point, long ago, when I thought we had all that we could bear. Still things [...]
There is a song that says “that’s what friends are for” and I have been thinking a lot lately about the importance of friends in our lives. We have social networks like Facebook (by the way the mpowergen.com has 200-fans Hurray!) to help keep us connected and to open the door to re-connecting with friends [...]
Oh well… (I borrowed this phrase from a very dear friend of mine), I am posting my blog contribution a day late again. Our family has been under siege, as of late, and I promise, promise, promise that after we get through this, things will get better (this phrase is for my sister) and [...]
On my mind much lately is the principle and practice of love. Some questions that have been in my thoughts are those such as:
Do we have to earn love, or can we expect it to be given freely to us?
What comes by “protecting” ourselves through not expressing the love we feel toward others openly?
How do [...]
Our guest blogger this week, Jean Sabin, has become a fast friend to our family. She loves jogging outdoors and singing karaoke with friends and family; she enjoys and appreciates all mediums of art, and her favorite color is pink. She is sensitive to the needs of others and is often looking to help those around [...]
So, I have spent a significant part of my life dodging certain situations, trying to figure out how to minimize my mistakes and play up my successes. Do we all do this at one time or another? I don’t know. Lately, though, I have taken a different approach. I noticed the fruits of this process [...]
Sisters share joys and sorrows and are bound by love.
