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One Word: 2026

First of all, how have we actually arrived at the year 2026??? They say time flies as you get older and I have felt the truth of that. But I heard something the other day that has given me pause. It’s the monotony that causes us to have the “time flies” feeling. We do the Continue reading
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Gratitude

It’s Thanksgiving morning as I write. All but one of my children are here in my home, and a couple significant others are enjoying this week with us as well. And this morning, I am grateful. I am grateful for my children. I am grateful that all of them are choosing to maintain a relationship Continue reading
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Empathy is Not Optional

I wrote the blurb for our newsletter that went out on Valentine’s Day. I wanted to share it here as well: February is known as the month of love. Maybe we could ignore this if we lived somewhere else, but here in Loveland (Colorado) we don’t have that option. Heart sculptures fill the city, and Continue reading
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Three Years…

Some pivotal or traumatic events become a blur in our memories, or we even end up with gaps and holes in our memories surrounding that event. Other times that pivotal or traumatic event is seared into our memories in explicit detail. Time slows down, details typically overlooked are now glaring and bold. For me, December Continue reading
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Healing
A new year is here. Why is it we love this clear marker for a new start so much? Aside from the calendar, January 1st doesn’t have much to set it apart from December 31st or January 2nd. Same weather. Same basic number of hours and minutes and sunlight and darkness. Yet this day, more Continue reading
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