Posted July 21, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Their daughter came to them from Korea at 4 months of age.
This welcome bouquet and corsage (from the Korean adoption agency) was presented to her daughter on their first trip back to Korea, when her daughter was 9 years old.
When the family moved to a […]
Posted July 19, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
When his patient died on the operating table and medical efforts of the team did not revive him, the surgeon called out, “Tommy, it’s not your time, come on back.”
And Tommy’s heart started beating again….
Bernie Siegel, M.D. first wrote about Love, Medicine, and Miracles.
Now, in his eighties, […]
Posted July 15, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She read again the information about private meetings with a woman she had recently been considering having a session with, and closed it without scheduling an appointment.
Then she thought she might visit the website only, but she could not remember the URL.
When she did a search for […]
Posted July 13, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She (admittedly) is not a morning person.
Her mother was. Every morning her mom would call her too bright, too cheery, and too early. When she would answer the phone, she would hear this cheerful voice on the line, “Good morning!”
Her mom passed…
Easter morning she heard the […]
Posted July 3, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She posted on FaceBook:
As I look at my 120 year old, pink beach home in Rhode Island, USA, through my car window, I am amazed it is mine.
I lived in utter poverty after my divorce. Some days, I would buy toilet paper one roll at a time. For […]
Posted June 27, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Out for a bike ride, early Sunday morning, after the previous day of heavy storm-related rain, at 8:31 a.m. she photographed a distinct heart-shaped water spot.
A few minutes later she sent it to a dear friend in a text message.
The reply: “I was just sitting here, sobbing […]
Posted June 18, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
(A woman living in Florida, articulates her amazing synchronicity with a friend who lives in Mexico around a shared joy of the art form of dotting.)
Note: Ze/Per/Hir/They – These pronouns offer inclusion and accuracy for someone who doesn’t identify by the male/female gender classifications, and were used in the original […]
Posted June 9, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had been feeling lonely and homesick for their previous home of 27 years, missing friends in particular. She began reflecting on the power of connection, even small conversations with those one doesn’t know well, in the course of daily life. She recalled the early days of Covid quarantine, wherein her […]
Posted May 26, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had experienced elephant as totem when she was first starting work as a clinical therapist.
Many years later, elephant energy popped into her mind one evening.
The next day a teacher/colleague (who was giving up formal office space) posted this on her Facebook wall: “Thought of you when […]
Posted May 25, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was walking to a neighbor’s home to drop off a couple of things, and pick up a couple of other things, when she met a friend whose sister now lives on her street.
She was wearing her garden shoes. “Poppies,” she said.
Looking down at the shoes, her […]
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