Posted June 27, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Out for a bike ride, early Sunday morning, after the previous day of heavy storm-related rain, at 8:31 a.m. she photographed a distinct heart-shaped water spot.
A few minutes later she sent it to a dear friend in a text message.
The reply: “I was just sitting here, sobbing […]
Posted June 18, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
(A woman living in Florida, articulates her amazing synchronicity with a friend who lives in Mexico around a shared joy of the art form of dotting.)
Note: Ze/Per/Hir/They – These pronouns offer inclusion and accuracy for someone who doesn’t identify by the male/female gender classifications, and were used in the original […]
Posted June 9, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had been feeling lonely and homesick for their previous home of 27 years, missing friends in particular. She began reflecting on the power of connection, even small conversations with those one doesn’t know well, in the course of daily life. She recalled the early days of Covid quarantine, wherein her […]
Posted May 26, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had experienced elephant as totem when she was first starting work as a clinical therapist.
Many years later, elephant energy popped into her mind one evening.
The next day a teacher/colleague (who was giving up formal office space) posted this on her Facebook wall: “Thought of you when […]
Posted May 25, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was walking to a neighbor’s home to drop off a couple of things, and pick up a couple of other things, when she met a friend whose sister now lives on her street.
She was wearing her garden shoes. “Poppies,” she said.
Looking down at the shoes, her […]
Posted May 2, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
It was his birthday.
He had wanted to get a dog for so long but the landlord would not allow dogs where he lived.
So his mom went online and ordered him a little Ty puppy dog for his birthday.
When she received it, she opened the tag […]
Posted April 27, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Late one evening, returning from a visit to her son’s, she lost her balance getting out of the car and into the house and fell. Thankfully, her daughter was with her, visiting from out of state.
She had a pretty severe skin tear on the underside of her forearm and […]
Posted April 27, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had been scrolling on a local Facebook “Memories” page, and happened to see her deceased husband’s writing!
A woman had purchased a bible — with this inscription — at an antique store. She had gone onto Ancestry.com and posted the photo on the local page hoping to find the […]
Posted April 23, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He had just spent 8 days on a meditation retreat that ordinarily would have taken place on the Emerald Isle, North Carolina, beach. The meditation teacher would ordinarily gather broken shells and give one to each participant. Due to the pandemic, this retreat was held on Zoom.
Their “virtual” […]
Posted April 20, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
It had been an intense retreat. She was grieving so many recent losses…
Her best friend had passed with ALS. Her brother passed suddenly of a heart attack while climbing the stairs to visit their mother. Then her mother passed from the coronavirus — a virus that prevented her from […]
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