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Tag Archives: laughter
Living All The Way
“This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell, listen, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin, repent, cry, kneel, … Continue reading
Don’ Give Up
I’ve been running into those words often for a couple of days now as I try to get myself back into my daily routine and at work on my memoir. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in which the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dogs, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, Healing, Life, love, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Garden, Time, Uncategorized, Wise Words, Writing
Tagged Easter, Grandchildren, Harry Potter, Intentions, joy, laughter, loss, Moving Forward, Shirley Showalter, Traveling, Virginia Festival of the Book
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Missing Brody
A week ago this past Friday, Brody died of pneumonia. He apparently had it for the entire six weeks that he blessed this household with his big heart and huge personality. He lived every moment of his life with gusto. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals I Love, Dogs, Gratefulness, Healing, love, Matters of the Spirit, Memoir, Navigating Through Life
Tagged Angels, Cats, joy, laughter, loss, Moving Forward
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Brody 2008 – 2013
I am bereft. I cannot possibly write about it now. Maybe later. Just know he was a very small dog with a huge personality and lived his life living with joy until the very end. He taught me many lessons while … Continue reading
Posted in Animals I Love, Dogs, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, The Journey, Uncategorized
Tagged Angels, joy, laughter, loss, love, Time-out
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Suffering And Wisdom
“ When it’s time to suffer, you should suffer; when it’s time to cry, you should cry. Cry completely. Cry until there are no more tears and then recognize in your exhaustion that you’re alive. The sun still rises and … Continue reading
Posted in Navigating Through Life, Quotes, Wise Words
Tagged laughter, Moving Forward, suffering, tears
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Being Reborn
Anybody who knows my visual art understands that I LOVE color. It turns me on, provides me with an abundance of joy, and makes me want to dance. I’m happiest when the sun is shining, and the sky is a … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, love
Tagged Chihuly, color, drawing, Feeding the Soul, flowers, glass work, joy, laughter, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, wonder
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Batty’s Pride And Joy
Who’s Batty? I am. That’s what my granddaughter, Zoe named me when she was just beginning to talk and it’s stuck. Doesn’t sound anything like Grandma or Grammy or any other name little kids call their grandmothers. But that’s fine … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, family, Friendships, Gratefulness, Life, love, Time, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Feeding the Soul, joy, laughter, trust
16 Comments
