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The Comeback King

September 9, 2018 death fighting to live gardening grace gratitude hope and miracles life prayer siblings surviving a ruptured brain aneurysm tender places tragedy what remains 6 Comments

A Cup of Mom (Repost)

September 7, 2018 gifts of the heart plants remembering someone 12 Comments

Circle of Life

June 21, 2018 #amwriting #live #reasonstostay; grandbabies; widow death grief joy loss purpose 4 Comments

Family Gold

April 25, 2018 #istandontheirshoulders ancestors ancestry death grace gratitude growth life receiving baton from previous generation running my race tribe 4 Comments

Death Reminds Us to Live. It Has No Other Point.

April 17, 2018 #amwriting home I'm still here loss moving siblings 9 Comments

Miss Jackie

January 30, 2018 #amblogging #amwriting comforting someone loss memory projects sister-in-law 11 Comments

What The Boogeyman, A Farmer and a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Taught Me About Hope, Joy, Resilience, Forgiveness and the Crazy Things That Happen When You Skip All Four

December 21, 2013 abuse addiction adult children of alcoholics alcoholism forgiveness healing childhood wounds hope joy Nelson Mandela resilience 1 Comment

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