Category: Quiet Pleasures
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It All Started With Yogurt…
It all started with yogurt. Frozen yogurt. Peanut butter frozen yogurt. In Palmdale. Friends asked me to go to a quilt show in Palmdale. A quilt show? Are you kidding me? I don’t quilt. I don’t sew. I don’t even own a sewing machine! I’m the girl who had to do extra credit in junior…
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The Anticipation of Advent…
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…For a second you catch a whiff in the air of some fragrance that reminds you of a place you’ve never been and a time you have no words for. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just…
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Seasons…Part of Living
today, tomorrow & every day – THOUGHTS ON LIVING A BRAVE AND REAL AND GORGEOUS LIFE. Written by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Jill Labieniec. Here are my continued thoughts on this amazing book I received as a gift. “Things really changed,” she said, “when I started to be more generous to myself.”…
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Resiliency and Growth Over Time…
today, tomorrow & every day – THOUGHTS ON LIVING A BRAVE AND REAL AND GORGEOUS LIFE. Written by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Jill Labieniec. Here are my continued thoughts on this amazing book I received as a gift. She hadn’t always been this way. …
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Sacred Indulgence…
This past week I went on a trip to visit my sister. Away from home. Away from all of the responsibilities of my daily life. While on my little getaway, we snuck away for a few days to a spa on the bay. On our way up we detoured and visited the tulip fields –…
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Spring Rains…
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in Gifts, Grace, Healing, Hope, Prayers, Quiet Pleasures, Seasons, Struggles, The Journey, UncategorizedWe are teased with the spring sunshine and warmth. Then the rains come. Spring rains… it’s necessary for the earth to open up and grow and flourish. Without it life would not bloom and blossom. Life would wither and die. I longed for the sunshine this morning as I awoke after a restless night. Those first…
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Just For Today…
Today I have a day. A week day. A bereavement day. A day all to myself. A day to rest. A day to invest in some self-care. A day… Awake before the crack of dawn because of the time change, I reluctantly got out of bed much earlier than I had hoped. If I’d lay…
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Summer 2013…
The summer of 2013 has come to an end … too much to write about and too complex to summarize in words. Ups, downs, joys, sorrows, laughs, friends, milestones, celebrations, growth, tears, healing, sunshine, family, loss … I’ll let the pictures tell the story.
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A Legacy Left Behind…
I recently spent the afternoon with a dear friend of a very very long time. We went on a photography adventure! Before arriving at our decided-upon destination, we made a detour to the cemetery so we could check on her dad’s headstone. What a peaceful and beautiful place… There were no other people around… just…
Thoughts and Reflections on Life 