Posted November 24, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Maybe You'll be There

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She took her normal back roads to the facility where her husband had been in the memory care unit for over five years. Her mind often drifted backwards and forwards, leaving her searching for this moment.

This stretch of road was hugged tightly by the forest and her autumn drive was […]

Posted November 19, 2021 in Sacred Stories

On Eagles Wings

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His brother had recently passed. Their relationship was very close. When their father had a stroke nearly forty years earlier, this brother became the patriarch of the family. Plus, they wintered close by and spent a couple of days a week together. They shared a very special bond.

His brother had […]

Posted November 18, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Monarch on a Golf Ball

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When my dad passed, a little Monarch butterfly got into the memorial section of the cemetery, and he was fluttering around. So, I just thought, “Oh, that’s my dad saying, ‘I’m okay. I’ve got an eye on everybody.”

So, in my mind, if I see a butterfly — especially a […]

Posted November 12, 2021 in Sacred Stories

17 Minutes

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“Alexa, how much time is left on the timer?” his wife asked from the kitchen.

“Seventeen minutes,” Alexa answered, as he (just a few step away) was reading those exact words!

“We are today beginning to see work by very reputable scientists that says the universe is created by our […]

Posted October 2, 2021 in Sacred Stories

It Is Well With My Soul

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His grandmother had been very religious. She never missed an opportunity to share her faith with others. She had passed several years previously, but today she popped into his mind.

He was watering flowers in his father-in-law’s yard.

His father-in-law was dying.

As soon as the thought of his […]

Posted October 2, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

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Not a particularly religious person, as he prepared to go out for a much-needed bicycle ride, his father-in-law and 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 was on his mind.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way […]

Posted September 26, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Unfinished Project

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Her husband went into the laundry room to get some batteries for his earphones. She heard some grumbling sounds and asked what was going on.

“Oh, this shelf fell down,” he said.

She went in to see if she could help. He had gotten the shelf put back up.

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Posted August 9, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Two Dimes!!!

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It was a significant birthday. She was 70!

Two of her best friends were out of town.

At the end of the day, as she went from the living room through the kitchen to her bedroom, she saw a dime on the floor! A dime always made her think […]

Posted August 9, 2021 in Sacred Stories

I Know She is With Me Now – White Butterfly

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They attended an amazing celebration of life for one of his school friends.

The woman had died of cancer in February 2020 while hospital visits were curtailed by Covid and her wishes were that her family celebrate with a fish fry when possible.

She must have been a truly […]

Posted July 23, 2021 in Sacred Stories

126 - A Message from Rob

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Rob was 5 hours flight away on a business trip when he passed suddenly from a brain aneurysm.

He was only 45 years old and our sons 10 and 8. We were so connected, I was the one alerting the hotel, to check in his room.

Soon after, I kept waking […]