Posted February 7, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Business Plan - Jaxx

They were text chatting about mindfulness and Buddhism, and the mind states of greed, when he told her he was starting a real estate business, with the name Jaxx in it.

She sent some information about the Buddhist practice of Muditā, a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure […]

Posted January 25, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Mary’s Magnificence

She got flowers for a chanting session for their dear friend, Mary, who was on hospice care and very near the end of her life. After Mary retired, she had worked with community based organizations helping seniors deal with issues surrounding death and dying.

That chanting session had been six weeks and 3 days […]

Posted January 24, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Game On!

Her husband absolutely loved watching sports on TV and he ALWAYS had on one game or another.

After he died, the TV would come on in the middle of the night.

Their TV set was old and it would just be static and white noise so she got rid of it!!! (I found this […]

Posted January 24, 2024 in Sacred Stories

They Stay

Making preparations for the interment of his ashes that would take place two days after his birthday — on the one year anniversary of his death — she was having a particularly difficult day. It was the first time in 39 years she did not celebrate his birthday with him.

She was talking to […]

Posted January 24, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Moon in Clouds January 23, 2024

The moon was directly overhead where she was wintering in Southwest Florida. It looked full, had a gorgeous lunar halo, and she could see a distinctive heart shape in the clouds so she grabbed her phone to take a photo to share with her friend in Colorado. It was often cloudy at home in Michigan, […]

Posted January 11, 2024 in Sacred Stories

One Tear

He had touched many hearts during his brief one-hundred-thirteen-day life.

She recalled having heard that it must be a very special incarnation for that soul who completes a lifetime so quickly. She lit both sides of the candle the morning after he passed, loving and honoring his passing while offering continuing prayers for his twin […]

Posted December 31, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Happy Birthday from Heaven, Jennifer!

On Thursday evening she and her husband were at karaoke in southwest Florida.

A woman joined others at the table next to them.

At the exact same time she had the thought, her husband spoke, “That woman reminds me of Jennifer!” (She had worked with Jennifer’s mother fifty years ago. Their families went […]

Posted December 30, 2023 in Sacred Stories

A Shared Love - Hawk

They had met years ago, when she and her husband were wintering on the east coast of Florida. A retired judge from Pennsylvania, he and his wife were also wintering in Florida. She and her husband attended a delightful birding class he was leading at the nature center. A shared love was born!

These many […]

Posted December 8, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Water Heater

For some time we’d been clearing out and cleaning my dad’s house following his death. One day the hot water heater gave out. While we knew it needed to be replaced, it was not on our list of things to do that day. Dad’s old green pickup truck was filled to the brim with things […]

Posted December 8, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Eveready - All is Well

My father always wore a wristwatch and glanced at it often. He was always on time. When he retired, his company gifted him with a clock. For a good long time, it took a rightful place for prominent display.

When dad died, I brought home one of the two clocks he kept in his […]