Tag: grace
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(My) Saving Grace
Tomorrow is “Gotcha Day” – the one year anniversary of the day Grace joined our family. She is the best impulsive decision I ever made. We “rescued” Grace, but she has “saved” me over and over again in the past year. In her memoir “Leaving Church”, Barbara Brown Taylor tells about a time she was invited to speak at…
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2018 In Review…The Year of Sloth & Grace
2018 was a year in which I acquired two spirit animals – Sloth & Grace Sloth Admittedly, I think sloths are adorable. But I’m not talking about the three-toed mammals who hang out in the trees of rainforests. I’m talking about the passion of sloth which is a hallmark of an enneagram 9. Sloth in…
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Grace, Indeed
Meet Grace. She’s an 8 year old white lab – a former service dog who was retired when she developed diabetes and cataracts. And as of today, she’s the newest member of our family. We weren’t intending to get a dog right now. The kids have wanted one for ages, but it’s never seemed like…
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Precision of Language
99% of the time, the words you read here have been cycling through my head for days or weeks before they find their way through my fingers and onto the screen. Part of the reason for that is a time factor – I may have an idea I want to write about, but not have…
We're All A Little Broken 