Faith, Love and Time

 The Memorial Day weekend was bittersweet and difficult.Military holidays were so special for The Captain, they were a part of who he was.  I had never experienced a person who was so patriotic and so proud of his military service.  I often thought that when he retired from the military,...

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Looking back

 Caught in my fearsBlinking back the tearsI can't say you hurt meWhen you never let me nearLyrics fromLong Long Timeby Linda RonstadtToday has been a day of looking back at memories from different times of my life and all the love and close relationships I have experienced.  Some good, some...

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Love Stays

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Don't give up now

 But really, do I have a choice?I guess it was his birthday, a trigger day that started me on the roller coaster again.  Just when I was starting to feel better.I'm so tired of feeling better only to slip back into this funky phase of grief.  The good thing is I have writing about it...

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Love With No Place To Go

All that talk about positivity has gone out the window.  I find myself overthinking everything.  My happy, carefree attitude of taking one moment at a time has disappeared.  It is what grief is all about.  One must be ready for it to get through it quickly.  I'm trying!The trick...

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Back Some Day

  The Captain used to send me this song in his emails to me when we were in the long distance phase of our relationship. He would travel from North Carolina to Florida so we could spend time with each other to see for sure if what we had developed online worked in real life. Every time he visited,...

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Passionate and Intense Love

 Have you ever felt an intense and passionate love for someone that seemed to be a gift from God?There is nothing like it in the whole world.  Although it feels like a gift, the object of your desire may have no idea how you feel because it is nothing that someone can intentionally give you. ...

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Listen to your heart

"When you have compassion and surrender to your own heart, you are surrendering to the hidden power in your heart, God. You are surrendering to love, because God is Love, the cohesive force of the universe that connects us all. Surrender is not just a religious concept; it's a power tool for listening...

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Pets . . . the story of Buster

One of the joys in life . . . our petsThis is an old Yahoo 360 post that was an entry in "Picture Perfect" . . . comments follow the post Today I was thinking about how much I miss having a pet after having so many in my life that have run away or passed away.This week's Picture...

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Love is . . .

Love is an action, a choice. Love is not really an emotion. To Love someone is to choose to show up to be devoted to The Divine through that person. So often in life these days we think that Love is easy or that Love only feels good, but that is not the full extent of what Love is – especially...

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 It’s so much easier, to learn to love what you have instead of yearning always for what you’re missing, or what you imagine you’re missing.ANNA QUIND...

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Fear of Moving On

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. Christopher Reeve If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been Robert H. Schuller I wrote the following post many years ago.  The...

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Support of your loved ones

The strength that your loved ones give you could inspire you to examine a more challenging life path.  The aid and support of your loved ones can give you the courage to make the most of the opportunities you have been given. The people who care for you are a resource that you can...

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Fear and Emotional Honesty

It is sad to live in a world where honesty is feared.  People are nosy by nature and always want to know "why" for so many things.  The tendency to pry into the life of one who is not so easy to get close to is a sure way to make them run away and never come back. What does that...

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