Posted February 22, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Closer to Fine

Sacred Stories

She posted a long entry on Facebook, “My sweet dad passed away two days ago.”

Her dad had been diagnosed with cancer about 8 months earlier. He was SO strong and resilient and yet so gentle and kind in spite of the pain he was experiencing. He wanted to survive and […]

Posted February 22, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Come on, let's go....

Sacred Stories

She passed away of natural causes while vacationing in Argentina.

The night before she passed, she dreamed that she was walking on the beach when she felt someone touch her hand. She turned around and it was her late husband.

He said, “Come on, let’s go.”

She shared having […]

Posted March 8, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Mistakes Matter

Wholesome Thoughts

Mistakes matter. How you recover from them matters even more.

The best way to handle a mistake is to learn from whatever happened.

Then you’ll not repeat it nor ever be paralyzed by the fear of making a mistake.

To share something you have learned from, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, […]

Posted April 9, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Mandarin Oranges!

Sacred Stories

Her most frequent snack of late was mandarin oranges. She was driving on a four-lane road, when—on the dotted line in her lane—she saw a single mandarin orange slice.

Recognizing it as odd, she missed the message of a visit from her husband until the very next day (on a different four-lane road!) […]

Posted April 2, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Electricity

Sacred Stories

She and her grandson were driving in her car. He was working on his homework, and asked her to turn the radio off. She did, but a block later, the radio came back on!

When she would get into her car, she noticed the bright lights would be on. She knew she never […]

Posted March 26, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Backbrush

Sacred Stories

She had a back brush she would use to scratch her back when it itched. She kept the brush on the floor next to her bed.

One night, soon after her husband died, when she turned down her bed, the brush was in their bed!

This is my simple religion. There is […]

Posted March 19, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Mikey

Sacred Stories

Last night, on our way home from Mikey’s memorial gathering, we had a wonderful and majestic experience.

As we pulled up into our driveway, there was a beautiful 12 point buck, standing in the full moon light. He stood there looking right at us for a good long minute. It was picture […]

Posted March 12, 2016 in Sacred Stories

October 7

Sacred Stories

Her husband had passed over 20 years prior. When she passed shortly before midnight on Sunday, October 4, the family was not thinking about his birthday coming up in a few days.

As the schedule for visitation, funeral, and burial unfolded, none of them were consciously aware of the significance: Her burial took […]

Posted March 5, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Bernie

Sacred Stories

Bernie’s passing on January 23 was not a total shock as he had been up and down with complications of COPD for a few years. However, when she wrote to a mutual friend to share the news, the reply was, “Just yesterday I was wondering how Bernie was doing.”

Later, learning more […]

Posted February 27, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Referrals

Sacred Stories

At 2:08 pm, she sent a text message to a colleague she had not seen in almost a year:

“Sent a referral your way for relationship counseling.”

At 3:03 pm, this was the reply to her text:

“Oh my goodness. I just uttered your name to a client in my 2-3 appointment, […]