To be present is one of the greatest gifts that you can offer those around you, not to be consumed with the busyness of our lives, but to choose courage and stay alive to feel all that we are feeling.
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All articles filed in Christmas
A First Christmas Together and Apart
As I decorated for Christmas this year, I cleaned and put up the lights, mason jars of holly and frosted tree branches thinking about the juxtaposition of all the places my heart could choose to land.
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Like A Candle In The Window
When a person experiences trauma, parts of the heart feel ripped loose, shattered, and blotted out.
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If I were asked to pick a single image that captures my heart concerning Christmas, I would pick a scene from one of my earliest holidays—you know, something that really set the tone for how I’ve held Christmas throughout my life.
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Noel
It is late and my house is quiet. The lights on the Christmas tree give the only glow to the room. Christmas Eve is only a few hours away.
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A Season of Light
It is the season of lights.
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No room in the inn or my heart
I have to confess that the holiday-version of me is intense.
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Taking My Place.
We arrived a bit late for dinner at the Naples Ritz- Carlton ballroom for a Serge Missions Fundraiser.
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Acceptance
I woke up early this morning. I could have slept longer, the house is quiet, and yet I am awake.
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The Best Part of Me
Do you ever feel like you have left the best of you behind?
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