Posted February 3, 2023 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham They were visiting with friends and family who all live in Michigan, while wintering in Florida. They had gotten together because their sister-in-law had come for a short visit — the first time of her being in the RV park where she and her husband had wintered together for many years.
The conversation got […]
Posted February 1, 2023 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Each winter when this snow bird flies south she takes a huge box of jigsaw puzzles. Her husband always puts the last piece in and she takes a photo.
Imagine her surprise and delight when she saw a post on Facebook showing that her god-daughter and family had just finished the same puzzle over […]
Posted January 30, 2023 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham They had both been born in the Philippines, but they met through a dating app in Los Angles, where they currently lived.
Soon they discovered a powerful coincidence: They had attended the same preschool!
The incidence might not seem like a big deal unless you know the Philippines consist of over 7,600 islands and […]
Posted January 12, 2023 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham When they arrived at their destination in Hawaii, there was an error in their booking dates (December 22 and 24).
Then as they were preparing to fly back to Canada, all the flights were cancelled….
“If you are unable to get out, just come back, you can stay here. I will leave a […]
Posted January 12, 2023 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Having been displaced in her snowbird home by Hurricane Ian, she spent almost a month with family on her way to a home-away-from her normal away-from home. She had some laptop computer challenges earlier while staying with their daughter in Tennessee, but when she got to Florida her laptop would not boot up.
She […]
Posted November 15, 2022 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was feeling such disappointment, hurt, and anger. Her husband had essentially told her he could not support her plans to go to Morocco. Her daughter felt the same way, “You are too old. That ship has sailed….”
Pouring out her heart about all of this the following day, her sister […]
Posted November 12, 2022 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Her toddler great-grandson had been going through serious health issues for the past few weeks. Her Yellow Brick Road (blog) post that morning had been about meeting the chaos in the world by resting, not wrestling. Here is a brief excerpt:
Thinking outside of the box, moving through experiences with presence, […]
Posted November 11, 2022 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was a bit rushed as she finished blow-drying her hair and reached to remove her curling iron from the bottom drawer. The plug to the cord was stuck on something. She wrestled with it and tried without success to get it freed before hearing the internal message to stop struggling […]
Posted November 10, 2022 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
After much unknown — whether or not they would be going to Florida for the winter following the devastation of the community where they had been going for over a decade — an alternate location was secured and dates for departure set. They would be leaving in a mere 10 days […]
Posted November 7, 2022 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
So, when she first made it to their “West Coast Casa” after their weekend community took a direct hit from Hurricane Ian, the sign that had a prominent place right next to the door, had been a casualty. That sign had so much sentimental value.
Sifting through the devastation, she was […]
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