Month: May 2011
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Purge
I have talked about the clogged pore on my back and the need to have my husband pick at it. But I won’t mention it again. It makes my friend Heidi gag…..sorry Heidi. Every once in a while, just like my back, I need to do an emotional purge. I tend to feel a bit…
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The Celebration within Sadness
Last week I spent an afternoon at Children’s Hospital, helping them out with their Family Centered Care Day. It was good. It was sad. It was a bittersweet reunion of a community I love so much and feel so passionate about. I sat at the registration desk. And a man came up with tired eyes…
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Amour
Nonnie and Pops took a trip to France a couple weeks ago. This is what they sent me: From Notre Dame The two candles in front are for Samantha and Jack….right by Mary holding Jesus. Pops has a way of doing these things on his own. He went and lit the candles and then told…
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Who is in Your Neighborhood?
This is me and my friend Jenny during the Ben’s Bells distribution at Red Rocks. Jenny is a good hugger….look at that hug. Ben’s Bells was started by a mom in Tuscon who unexpected lost her beautiful, three year old son, Ben. The message behind the bells is about spreading kindness, the power of healing,…
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Oh Mother….
It’s Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day. I still have not come to peace with this holiday but I am working on it. My battle began this week with the radio. We have a local jeweler who I will call ……Shom Shane. Shom Shane spends a lot of money on radio advertising; even more money during…
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