Posted July 5, 2024 in Sacred Stories

The Homecoming

One of her dearest friends died suddenly of a brain aneurysm. She received the news of his transition while she was at the carousel in St. Joseph, Michigan, with her two children and their young families. She truly had never before known such a moment of great joy juxtaposed with such profound grief. A couple […]

Posted February 28, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Missing Ear Bud

Finishing her meditation, she popped her wireless ear buds into the charger case, snapped the lid closed, and set it on the bedside table until she got up and plugged it into her computer. Late that evening as she was readying for bed, she put the charger case back on the bedside table so it […]

Posted March 22, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Currently Open on my Laptop

Texting with a close friend early one morning as she started her busy day, her friend sent the day’s “Daily Reflection” from Deep Spring Center for Meditation:

Consciously envision peace. Spend at least a few minutes every day envisioning what this world could look like in a very detailed way if beings were able to […]

Posted November 12, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Rest in Me

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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 June 12, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Mysterious Ways

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She had been practicing meditation for many years. She understood that there was something that she needed to understand—where to go, what to do.

She walked into a bookstore that had a large area of spiritual books and was just standing and looking. Just at ease, standing and looking. Not […]

Posted March 7, 2021 in Sacred Stories

Mom's Engagement Ring

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Her father had recently passed, out in California. It was so hard. She was stuck on the other side of the country.

She sent a message to a friend. “My dad’s memorial is at 4:00 today, out in California.”

“Of course, grateful you know you can bilocate to be there […]

Posted February 22, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Closer to Fine

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She posted a long entry on Facebook, “My sweet dad passed away two days ago.”

Her dad had been diagnosed with cancer about 8 months earlier. He was SO strong and resilient and yet so gentle and kind in spite of the pain he was experiencing. He wanted to survive and […]

Posted February 22, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Come on, let's go....

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She passed away of natural causes while vacationing in Argentina.

The night before she passed, she dreamed that she was walking on the beach when she felt someone touch her hand. She turned around and it was her late husband.

He said, “Come on, let’s go.”

She shared having […]