Carry Grief And Gratitude

Good morning... Following yesterday's post, Expect To Be Grateful, all day long people in our written word community sent me simple things sparking gratitude. Our pets and our people. Admiring nature and noticing beauty. Savoring daily things like coffee and food, sky and sun, brisk walks and safe travels. We're grateful for doctors and churches, dear friends sharing [...]

By |2025-02-08T09:39:46-05:00February 8th, 2025|God's Plan, Gratitude, Grief, Spiritual Growth|

Expect To Be Grateful

Good morning... A friend shared a simple quote: "No one is grateful for what they expect." I think about her statement and humbly disagree. I am grateful to rest in the groggy phase each day, between being fully asleep and consciously awake. I am grateful to sip and savor freshly brewed coffee, morning after morning after morning after [...]

By |2025-02-07T08:24:19-05:00February 7th, 2025|Everyday life, Gratitude, Peace, Trust God|

Listen To Our Vision

Good morning... "Sue," she wrote yesterday from Jacksonville, Florida. "I'm getting chills reading today's reflection, He Closed His Eyes. When I pressed play and heard Christy Nockel's stunning, distinctive voice, I was brought back to my Mom's final moments last Valentine's Day as I played Christy's version of 'Be Thou My Vision.' Mom was ushered on to heaven [...]

By |2025-02-06T02:51:04-05:00February 6th, 2025|Death And Resurrection, Healing, Listen, Trust God|

He Closed His Eyes

Good morning... Last week in our post The Setting Of A Life, I wrote about being with my friend, Martha, as her husband was in the process of dying. That visit to his memory care unit happened on a Monday afternoon. A week later, this past Monday, two of us close friends shared dinner with Martha and thoroughly [...]

By |2025-02-05T02:09:05-05:00February 5th, 2025|Death And Resurrection, Family and Friends, Letting Go, Peace, Trust God|

Peace In Everyday Places

Good morning... After writing yesterday's post about 2025 trips being led my husband, Steve, I received the perfect follow up. "I will always treasure the memory of my trip to Israel with Steve the year after my Mother went to heaven," she wrote. "It was not only a learning experience but a healing one that God provided." "Now [...]

By |2025-02-04T08:41:09-05:00February 4th, 2025|Everyday life, Gratitude, Peace, Trust God|

Traveling With Steve

Good morning... "If God wants to teach you something new," one wise friend says, "God takes you on a trip." My soul instinctively nods her head. Walking ten to fifteen miles a day, traveling the sacred Camino De Santiago in Spain last fall, certainly taught me a ton. I learned about the steady inner peace found when stretched [...]

By |2025-02-03T09:43:54-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Community, God's Timing, Nature, Spiritual Growth|

The Spirit Exploded

Good morning... Last Saturday night, the Spirit exploded. To cap off our day of learning at the Stir Up the Gift of God in You retreat, I led a Soul Collage session with about fifty women in St. Simons, Georgia. Trained as a Soul Collage facilitator a few years back, it was really fun to share this creative [...]

By |2025-02-01T10:26:11-05:00February 1st, 2025|Depression, Healing, Holy Spirit, True Self, Trust God|

Betty’s Healing Expands

Good morning... When I look in my rearview mirror, I savor the healing power of last weekend's Stir Up the Gift of God in You retreat in St. Simons, Georgia. With content based on the true story of Christian mystic Betty Skinner, the Spirit of our living God, and the science of awakening, we learned practical ways to [...]

By |2025-01-31T07:53:12-05:00January 31st, 2025|Everyday life, God's Plan, Healing, Spiritual Growth|

Cardinals Keep Speaking

Good morning... One sentence lingers from yesterday's post, Never Seen This Before. "As I looked up and around, to my surprise, we were surrounded by a huge flock of red birds." Never having seen this many cardinals all in one place, I came home from the snowy walk with our dog and googled the question, "Do cardinals live [...]

By |2025-01-30T09:05:52-05:00January 30th, 2025|Community, Everyday life, God's Love, Heaven On Earth, Nature|

Never Seen This Before

Good morning... Last week, I walked our golden retriever mix to the horse farm in the flurry of our second Atlanta snow of the season. The flakes were light, airy, gorgeous coming down. As I rounded the familiar trail, I saw something I have never seen before. I noticed a cardinal. Then another. Another. And still another. As [...]

By |2025-01-30T05:29:22-05:00January 29th, 2025|Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, God's Love, Nature, Unity|
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