The Tide

November 17, 2011

I stand ankle deep in water. The tide was was briefly in, but the waters are ebbing out to sea. A tugging. A getting shallower and shallower. I search the vast horizon looking. Looking, but not seeing. She is there. Somewhere. But I am losing my grip on her. I can feel it. I can [...]

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Everyday Life, Everyday Beauty

November 3, 2011

I looked up from my book and saw them— Two men. Two ages. Two lives. They had exited the store together—side by side. The younger, middle-aged one, wearing a wool plaid shirt, jeans, and work boots. The older, seventy/eighty-something one, had on tanish-colored polyester pants pulled up to his belly button, a white button up [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 21} Time

October 21, 2011

No one else will protect your dream, your art, your calling.  Are you devoting your time to something good…. or the best thing for you and your family right now? The best is the enemy of the good -Voltaire Thanks Nesting Place! I needed to read this post today. Keep encouraging! Keep posting! Keep friending! [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 20} Life is a Verb

October 20, 2011

“No revolution in outer things is possible without prior revolution in one’s inner way of being. Whatever change you aspire to…must be preceded by a change in heart. ~ I Ching Hexagram 49 “At some point in your life, you’ll only have thirty-seven days to live. Maybe that day is today. Maybe not. If I [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 18} Conversation

October 18, 2011

jonathan: “Goodnight, Mom.” me: “I love you. I am glad you are my boy.” jonathan: “Yeah, but you have to share with Dad.” me: “No I don’t. Dad won’t care. Go ask him.” jonathan: “Dad, Mom says I’m her boy and she doesn’t have to share with you. Is that okay?” dad: “No, you are [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 17} Marred Earthenware

October 17, 2011

Marred earthenware. I am porous, cracked, chipped, broken. Repair me, oh Lord. I am the clay, and You are the potter. Reshape me, oh Lord. I am the work of your hand. Ready me, oh Lord. I am your vessel. ***** What is 31 Days? Read my other posts in this series here. 700+ 31 Days Participants

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 16} October 16, 2009

October 16, 2011

October 16, 2009, after spending two days in Seattle with Andrea and Ale, Mom flew home by herself. I did not go to the airport to pick her up—the girls had ballet, and she said it wasn’t really a big deal. I hurried over the next morning to see her. Ready to hear all about [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 14} Unabashed Blog Promotion

October 14, 2011

Too tired to think. The kids are in bed—finally. But still awake. Dinner dishes are stacked in the sink. My sheets are in the dryer. CC carry-all-tote is still in the middle of the living room floor. Couch cushions are askew. Tufts of old-man-dog-shedding-his summer-coat hair are in the corners of the living room. Hubby-dear  [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 13} Twas the Night before CC

October 13, 2011

Twas the night before CC, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, except Mama mouse. The notebooks were stacked by the door with great care, In hopes that the morning of Day 2 would soon be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of experiments danced in [...]

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31 Days: Live Intentional {Day 12} Filling in the Blanks

October 12, 2011

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could… Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Checking things off my list always feels good—especially the days when there are more [...]

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