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Tag Archives: Giving & Receiving
Picking all the flowers
Picking flowers can be a radical act. My former husband would “forget” my birthday and other occasions, long before the formal divorce process began. About 10 years ago, a friend, who knew this about my then husband, asked me what I was going … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Kindness, Love, personal growth, Resilience
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Hands empty, heart full
My mother taught me to never show up empty handed, so I stopped at the Whole Foods in Silver Spring to pick up something to take to a Servas event. Parking was scarce on that Sunday afternoon in late January, which meant that … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Kindness, Love
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The flow of kindness
June 26th was a night of people helping people. After enjoying delicious food, drink, and the company of tall ship sailors at the gala event for Tall Ships Philadelphia-Camden, I headed back to my hosts’ apartment. I asked a young … Continue reading
Soul like an inner activist
“What if the soul is like an inner activist, disrupting your status quo, creating imbalance, finding nourishment in illness, moving you not only into light but also the dark, and leaving you unsure of your most cherished beliefs?” These are … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Inner Growth, Kindness, Learning, Love, Personal Calling, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
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Bye-bye big table
The big table is gone. A gift from my friend, Jane, when I bought the townhouse I call “My Palace of Peace,” this 5′ x 32″ table served my girls and me well. We gathered around it for dinner and … Continue reading
The magic of the MagicJack
The magic of the MagicJack was not in how much money it saved me, but in how it connected me to another human being. I put the phone equipment for sale on Craigslist, with an asking price a fraction of … Continue reading
