This week I’ve been thinking about limits I need to set for myself. I think I like to believe I am some sort of super human. Not that I’d admit it or declare it or wear a huge “S” across my chest. But when I look at what I’d like to accomplish in a day […]
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Learning to live with limits
May 29th, 2004 · 1 Comment
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What you don’t see, What I won’t say
May 29th, 2004 · 3 Comments
Emily left a comment yesterday about my garden that reminded me: for a while I have felt that I should post a caveat about my plants. My yard is small, perhaps not worthy of the title “garden”. The photos I post are mostly close-ups: a blossom, a pea pod, a frog. I like to focus […]
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Love, loss and pick-up trucks
May 29th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Wrapping up a few loose ends from earlier this week… Jay McCarthy this week has posted a couple updates including pictures of his house after the fire (so you know I’m not joking…sure, Jay, I thought you made it up!) , and one describing how things were going for him and his family. Reading the […]
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What I did in the freezer aisle
May 27th, 2004 · 1 Comment
In Safeway’s freezer aisle yesterday I remembered what Lisa Williams wrote. She described her kick in the consciousness moment that happened to her as she was staring at ice cream in the grocery store, trying to choose which one to take home. Her friend Meg asked “Why choose?”, a question that sparked Lisa’s revelation. So […]
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Sometimes our love surprises us
May 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Sometimes our love surprises us
So wrote Chip Gibbons in a piece inspired by Lenn’s story that I linked, a piece describing his own experiences of love, loss and pets. I am grateful for his insight. If big, strong grown men cried more often, perhaps they wouldn’t live on average seven years less than women or committ suicide at four […]
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