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I Love You, Daddy!

By Debra Basham, on May 7, 2023

Today is my dad’s re-birth day. Daddy had a fatal heart attack while rototilling his garden on May 7, 1992. He had pulled his old truck up to the edge of the garden and would do one row down-and-back, then sit in the truck to rest a bit before doing the next row. I think […]

The Birds Still Sing

By Debra Basham, on April 17, 2023

We wake up to snow flurries this morning…. so grateful one week ago today we arrived home in Michigan in gorgeous sunshine. We had beautiful warm, sunny days all week. Until yesterday…. and now snow today. But the birds still sing!

Yesterday John and I went to St. John UCC in New Buffalo where I […]

Your Memory is Ecstasy

By Debra Basham, on April 6, 2023

The winter season for this snowbird has included swimming in the river of emotions. We spent tender time with friends and neighbors who have lost their homes, had their homes severely damaged, are still working to repair or adjust six months after Hurricane Ian hit. And beyond all of that, losses of many friends and […]

Killdeer Babies: Know Where to Look

By Debra Basham, on March 31, 2023

When you cease to relate to the darkness as something separate or other than the light, this invites the darkness into its sacred expression. In its highest expression it comes as teacher — perhaps not pleasant, but as teacher. Pain, fear, grief — not separate from the light. ~ Aaron

On Tuesday evening at the […]

Indian Tree Giving

By Debra Basham, on March 22, 2023

Because the collective is shifting so rapidly, we are doubling back for upgrades to things we have long-known. Yesterday for me was “The Rule of Six.” Simply put, any thought or belief that I recognize has the slightest tinge of lack, I can allow six alternate ways of experiencing it. This teaches the mind instantaneous […]

Don’t Know

By Debra Basham, on March 16, 2023

“The truth is that you already are what you are seeking. You are looking for God with his eyes. This truth is so simple and shocking, so radical and taboo that it is easy to miss among your flurry of seeking.

You may have heard what I am saying in the past and you […]

Sea of Life Not Stay Same

By Debra Basham, on February 25, 2023

Opening email this morning and reading Neale Donald Walsch’s words: “… in moments when things look bleak — especially in those moments — see only perfection, express only gratefulness, and then imagine only what manifestation of perfection you choose next.”

Cellular memory of our daughter Stacey’s move to Tennessee shortly after the birth of […]

That is Not Tit-for-Tat

By Debra Basham, on February 6, 2023

Some of my clearest insight and inspiration occurs when my mind is occupied with other things, for example, while riding my bike or putting together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. This morning I was finishing up a puzzle which had been fairly challenging for my skills and processing a powerful scene we watched […]

Too Deep For Words

By Debra Basham, on February 1, 2023

When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life is the title of a book but it certainly can also become a way of life.

An amazing response from a dear friend to my Happy Birthday Haiku blog post was an immediate offer to purchase a stove for the family still without one […]

Already Is

By Debra Basham, on January 27, 2023

A friend wrote this week asking me, “So tell me your blog experience. How did you get into doing that? How many people follow you? Is it hard to get it up and going technically?”

It took a bit of thinking time to respond, and, still, I had to start with the easiest aspects first. […]

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