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A Breath of Summer – Anytime

It’s summer and the air is warm upon my face. The sunlight dances across the grass, casting tiny shadows of the dandelions that wave in the afternoon breeze. It’s nice here, sitting on the step, letting my mind wander, not…

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TCF National Conference Experience

Almost three years after losing my almost 18-year-old son Brayden, I am still searching. I was skeptical about attending a TCF Conference but went anyway. I don’t like crowds or big hotels but I was in one. I didn’t want…

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Graduation – A Time to Remember

I was driving down the road the other day, thinking of how the retail market makes any event an opportunity for revenue. Graduation seems to fall into that category, with cards and gifts for every Graduate. This time of year…

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Valley of the Butterflies

There is a green, sun-drenched valley Light with the scent of clover and lilacs Where the butterflies dance. Leaping and swooping, they reflect colors Of every hue and dimension. There are monarchs and skippers, Swallowtails and delicate spring azures. Each…

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Spring: A Time to Grow

After the snow, sleet and ice of winter, spring is a welcome season and one of new beginning. If you are like me, there is a feeling of elation as the sun slowly warms the earth. I eagerly search for…

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My Path

I have this path before me that only I can see and I must enter bravely though frightened I may be This pathway is named Sorrow deep sadness fills the air at times my feet may stumble I fall down…

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Someone asked me

Someone asked me about you today It’s been so long since anyone has done that It felt so good to talk about you to share my memories of you to simply say your name out loud She asked me if…

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For the New Year

Instead of the old kind of New Year’s resolutions we used to make and break, let’s make some this year and really try to keep them. Let’s not try to imagine the future – take one day at a time….

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The Holiday are Behind Us

It is the new year. The holidays are behind us. We did with them what we could. Whether they were a time of sorrow, a time of joy, or a combination of each, they are now a part of our…

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