Archive for April, 2008

i am…

Posted by barbara on April 28th, 2008 filed in social justice

…the proud daughter of the veteran of three wars; an incredibly patriotic person; a person of a deep, deep, and abiding faith in Jesus; someone who cries every time The National Anthem is played (add an Olympic medal to that mix, and I blubber); someone who flies a flag on the 4th of July.  I […]

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missing “the days”…

Posted by barbara on April 22nd, 2008 filed in family, life, love

I usually deal with change really well, often embracing it, asking it in for tea, sitting down with it and becoming very-well acquainted in a relatively short amount of time.  I guess that is the fancy way of saying it doesn’t take me long to get comfortable with “new and different”.  I moved to McMinnville […]

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friends are friends forever ~~ but i need her now…

Posted by barbara on April 8th, 2008 filed in friends, love

I had one of those “once in a lifetime” kind of friends in my best friend, Shauna.   I am still sad and angry that that “lifetime” turned out to be relatively short.  I was reminded of all those feelings recently upon hearing someone speak about walking with a friend at the end of that […]

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it was like someone took the soul out of the air…

Posted by barbara on April 5th, 2008 filed in social justice

I am watching CNN and they are reviewing some of the notes they’ve received in response to their special on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  A viewer said that he remembered sitting in a coffee shop, being served by his regular waitress, Miss Mary, when a gentleman came running in off the street […]

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feelings, woe, woe, woe, feelings…

Posted by barbara on April 2nd, 2008 filed in life

Grief is such an odd thing.  I used to apply it only to death, but I’ve learned that grief is really a process that applies to a lot of life’s situations.  We all experience loss in our lives ~ it may take on many forms, but remain, nonetheless, a loss.   I am grieving the […]

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