Posted December 3, 2016 in Sacred Stories

35 Years Plus One Month

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When I was 28 years old, I told myself that I wanted to be in a place to “retire” by the time I was 35 years old.

My goal was to be free and offer my “work” to the world.

I got released from my job exactly at 35 years plus one […]

Posted October 29, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Ants!

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As she woke up that morning, she was dreaming of ants. She was sitting on the sofa, and scads of ants were crawling all over.

She was trying to scoop them up, and place them out-of-doors safely, but there was an endless amount.

A few moments later, in the kitchen preparing her […]

Posted October 22, 2016 in Sacred Stories

How’s Debbie?

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β€œIt’s hard to believe in coincidence, but it’s even harder to believe in anything else.” ~John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Denise and Marian were standing out in the yard chatting. Denise asked Marian if she knew how a mutual friend, Debbie, was doing.

Just then, Debbie rode up on her […]

Posted October 15, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Starr

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Starr was a wonderful dog. Starr lived with Linda and Tim, and their children, Billy and Christie. Starr loved each of them, and the family was blessed to have her with them for seventeen years.

Starr began having really bad health problems. It was painful for the family to watch.

One […]

Posted September 24, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Three Little Birds

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Her heart was heavy as she was driving to her parents’ house with her infant son. Her first family photos were going to be without her husband and her daughter.

She had given birth to twins a few months earlier, but her daughter had only lived three-and-a-half days.

Current family tension […]

Posted September 17, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Ed!

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He was enjoying a morning off.

He knew he wanted to stop and see a friend who had just gotten back in town after spending the winter in Florida.

He stopped in at a garage sale in a nearby town.

There was his friend buying a hat!

[…]

Posted September 10, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Boston

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Coming into the waiting room to see her client out of the building, she discovered a woman looking around.

“May I help you?” she inquired of the woman.

The woman responded, “I thought you had a book store here. I am looking for a book about preparing for surgery.”

“Oh, we don’t have […]

Posted August 27, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Just Do It!

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Feeling somewhat desperate, trying to decide if she should sign the lease without others being committed to sharing the space, she blurted out, β€œI believe in me!”

Just as she did, she saw a wadded up garment on the side of the road. The previous week, she had found a pair of […]

Posted August 13, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Love is Strange

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She and their baby son had gone to stay with her parents, to give her husband some time to sort things out.

Her friend was out for a bike ride and came upon a larger-than-life chalk message on the newly blacktopped road.

The message was, “Hey! Everything will be okay. Love […]

Posted June 25, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Best Mechanic in Georgia

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Traveling from the south, they were in the HOV lanes on I-75 coming through Atlanta when they “mistakenly” got onto I-85. Wondering how they might have gotten confused, they soon were in a traffic slow down.

Because they were sitting still, they smelled something hot, and then they saw steam rising from beneath […]