Posted October 28, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham They had worked together years ago.
Their friendship continued for 40 years.
Every Sunday morning they would talk on the phone.
Friday, October 25, his friend died.
On Sunday morning, October 27, as he was driving to the pharmacy to get his medication, the biggest hawk he had ever seen was […]
Posted October 28, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, when she went to the hospital to visit her husband, he said to her, “I am so sorry I missed our anniversary.”
She told him he had not missed their anniversary, it was coming up on October 31.
He died on Friday, October 25….
A couple of days […]
Posted October 19, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Checking in with the teachers and his small group while at a meditation retreat, he shared he would be leaving group early to go home for a few hours. A veterinarian was coming to assist their beloved dog, Cody, to freedom from suffering.
He recorded the group chanting as support for him and his […]
Posted September 29, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham He decided to cut his exercise session short at only two sets. While doing that second set, the radio station came in loud and clear, “Ain’t no love in Oklahoma, just the whistle of a long black train….”
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma is the theme song for Tulsa King, an American crime comedy-drama […]
Posted September 27, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Instead of reading this morning, I decided to just sit by the picture window on the porch and watch the full moon through the trees. As I was watching, I got a reply I was not expecting. The sky lit up with a shooting star that came from east and headed west, and it was […]
Posted September 10, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham She was visiting her husband’s mother when a neighbor asked how she was about gently used clothing. A dear friend of the neighbor had died recently. “I have a few things that look like they would fit you,” the neighbor told her.
They items fit perfectly, as though they were tailor-made for her! She […]
Posted September 7, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham I have been finding dimes for a friend over a decade now. He had told his wife he would send her dimes from heaven because anyone could send pennies but she was worth more than anyone else. Immediately after I met her, I started finding (and saving) dimes for her.
Soon after my dear […]
Posted September 6, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham He woke about 1:00 am feeling her leg slide up against his.
Her skin felt cool — his warmed beneath the covers.
His thoughts traveled instantaneously along the line of asking her how she had been able to get into bed without his help. She had navigated severe back challenges.
She had undergone a […]
Posted August 6, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham The times are urgent; let us slow down.
~ African Saying
He still had not found his coffee cup from a few days earlier although he distinctly remembered putting it in his car when he was leaving his friends’ home. The kitchen still dark, reaching into the cupboard to get yet another one, this time […]
Posted August 4, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham He could not find his coffee cup. He knew he had had it in the car when he had driven to a friend’s to bike from her home. The biking and sharing was part of his processing the grief.
Maybe he had left his coffee cup on her porch.
He went to the […]
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