Slice of Hope
Robbed
He comes to me often in dreams. I see him laughing and walking freely without a walker, and I marvel. I ask him how he is so much better. He says the doctor put him on a new medicine and it is healing him. In other dreams, he is killed in an accident. Both dreams […]
Sanctuary
In my town between the worlds of land and sea, there is a sanctuary—a marsh where fresh and salt water mingle to become a third world. Emotionally speaking, when we exist between what we long for and what is not yet accomplished, we often live in a similar place. Our struggle to hang on to […]
His Other Hand
“How could You,” I said. “YOU let him slip right through your fingers! WE cannot see him.” “I see him. I know exactly where he is. He’s in my other hand. I have him. Remember, I have two hands. One is open for you to see, and one is closed for holding.” So do not […]
The Stress of Waiting
We’ve all been there. It’s the “no man’s land” between two worlds where you stand on a line that separates the outcome you want from the outcome you don’t want. For now, you’re not in either place. You’re waiting. Will the cancer spread or not? Will you get a house or not? Will you marry […]
Fresh Eggs, New Day
Every day in our chickens’ nest box I find new eggs. They may look like yesterday’s eggs, but they are not. Like a new egg, today is not the same as yesterday, and neither will tomorrow be identical to today. When I forget this simple axiom of life, I find my stress level rising out […]
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