Letting Go...To Grasp What Really Matters
“Gravity has taken better men than me Now how can that be? Just keep me where the light is Just keep me where the light is.” -John Mayer, Gravity A few weeks ago, Avery found her beloved hamster curled in a ball, cold and unmoving. She came to me in urgency, praying that she somehow misinterpreted the lifelessness of Mochi’s…
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“We have not been directly exposed to the trauma scene, but we hear the story told with such intensity, or we hear similar stories so often, or we have the gift and curse of extreme empathy and we suffer. We feel the feelings of our clients. We experience their fears. We dream their dreams. Eventually, we lose a certain spark…
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“Breathe in, breathe out, Move on and break down, If everyone goes away, I will stay.” –Mat Kearney My daughters and I traveled 500 hundred miles last week to visit my parents in Florida. The timing felt divine. My heavy heart knew I needed to retreat … to be quiet … to shut out the noise. I knew I was…
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“I need a sign to let me know you’re here ‘Cause my TV set just keeps it all from being clear. I want a reason for the way things have to be. I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope inside of me.” -Train, Calling All Angels On Tuesday night at dinner, my eleven-year-old daughter Avery…
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“It’s been a long, cold and lonely winter, little darlin’ It feels like years since you’ve been here. Here comes the sun, little darlin’ Here comes the sun, I say It’s all right It’s all right.” –George Harrison, Here Comes the Sun I have it in me to look over my daughter’s shoulder and make sure she stays on top…
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“Stop asking: Am I good enough? Ask only Am I showing up with love? Life is not a straight line it’s a downpour of gifts, please — hold out your hand.” –Julia Fehrenbacher “Just because they asked, doesn’t mean you have to do it,” my husband said when I told him a prestigious company wanted to work with me. I’d…
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For three solid days I’ve been stuck in a place of despair. I’d think about words I could write but they all seemed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"You want to lay your head down at night knowing you connected to what really matters.” -Rachel Macy Stafford
Ear… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
BUT WHAT DO THEY REALLY NEED?
Sometimes in the flurry and frenzy of the day,
I forget what my people really need… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…