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Category Archives: Compassion
Adelaide’s Journal – Chapter 1
She was first known as Puncture Dog. Found in a ditch by Animal Control in Nelson County, VA, the tiny tri-colored stray was dehydrated, emaciated, covered in ticks, and infested with parasites. Taken directly to the Lovingston Veterinarian Hospital, she was … Continue reading
Posted in Animal friends, Compassion, Courage, Gifts, Grace, Health, Kindness, Nurturance
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About Tribes
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It’s time for that to end. … Continue reading
Posted in A Wonderful Book, Book Reviews, Community, Compassion, Courage, Family, Friendship, Grace, Mystery, Uncategorized
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Talent – A Book Review
I enjoy writing book reviews for Story Circle Network for so many reasons: I keep up with the latest books by women indie writers; the reviews support the finest Book Review site on the internet for these well- written books … Continue reading
Posted in A Wonderful Book, Book Reviews, Change, Compassion, Courage, Grace, Kindness
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Crikey, It’s Only Ten Pounds!
Twenty years ago, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. Horrified, I opened the door into this disease to understand it. I learned, for starters, that I had to begin eating differently and that I had to exercise regularly. In … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Change, Compassion, Grace, Health, In the Kitchen
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Ordinary Grace
This afternoon I read Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger, a book that took me to a small town, New Bremen, Minnesota in 1961, where complex tragedy strikes a small family and ripples through the community in astonishing ways. Krueger … Continue reading
Posted in A Wonderful Book, Book Reviews, Childhood, Community, Compassion, Courage, Family, Grace, Kindness, Mystery, Peacefulness
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Homelessness: One Man’s Story
In recent months, I’ve been deeply moved by a Story Circle Network blogging friend’s writing as she courageously brings forward her son’s long-term homelessness in California’s Bay Area. Margie Witt has written several compelling articles about her son’s journey from … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Compassion, Courage, Family, Mental Illness, Poverty
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An April, 2009, Tiny Surprise
After a blissful afternoon on the riding mower, the warm sunshine above and the gorgeous Blue Ridge mountains across the road from me, I decided to empty the mower’s utility wagon, which had spent the winter behind the shed overflowing … Continue reading
Posted in Animal friends, Compassion, Gifts, Gratitude, Kindness, Mother Nature, Mystery
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The Circles of Mary Sullivan, r.c.
I’ve been knitting another child’s hat for the Carol’s Coats project for next Christmas. As I dug around in my metal tin of knitting supplies—needles, markers, crochet hooks, small scissors, cable stitch holders, a tangerine-sized magnifier, pom-pom makers—looking for something, … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Community, Compassion, Friendship, Gifts, Gratitude, Knitting, Mystery, Peacefulness, Simplicity
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A Tiny Story About Compassion
No act of violence is as strong as an act of compassion. I found the words recently on a slip of paper that had fallen between my driver and passenger seats. I didn’t recall writing them, so it must have … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Kindness, Quotes
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Carol’s Coats
Carol Tyree. We worked together for over a decade. We retired together on the last work day of 2011. She was more deeply devoted to her family and her church than anyone I had known. And we shared several seasons … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Compassion, Friendship, Gifts, Gratitude, Kindness, Knitting, Poverty
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