Category: friendship
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Why I blog
I have been asked before why I blog, but the answer was never as clear as what I heard in a class on Job today; “Sometimes we just need to speak and for just one other person to hear.” That is why I blog, to put my small, lone voice…
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the dream of a garden memorial
I dreamt that I walked in soft green grass,the whisper of wind in the trees.The flowers all nodded their sweet helloas they welcomed the buzzing of bees. I dreamt of a tree whose leaves unfurledand gathered my sorrow withinAnd took it from me and gave me insteadpeace and innocent comfort…
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A thing learned… a joy, a sorrow
Time moves on- a restless, ever moving, ever changing, never changing entity, one we cannot ignore or hide from. “From that one experience, a finger touching a flame, a person learns countless things.”~ A New Culture of Learning It has been a joy to share my blog in a new…
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Sometimes They Say Things That Hurt and M.E.
Today Madelleine L’Engle (M.E.) writes about being new and yet staying the same. She loves Bach and finds a newness in his music even when she thinks she knows it already. There is something to be said for this concept in relationships too. When we think we know someone we…
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How I met Lance
So I am at this fundraiser for our youth group in Germany. We are hosting a Mexican dinner and it is near the end and we are done serving so we all sit down to eat and watch the slides from the last trip (to Spain). I am 16 and…
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Why so many Christmas Cards?
My beloved looked at me like I had turned into a hoarder. I have over 400 blank cards ready to be addressed and sent this year as soon as the Calendar says November 20. I know there must be shock on your faces too. But my Christmas cards serve as…
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Amid the boxes and packing paper
Lately it seems my blogs have ended up in my seminary blog, but today, this is just about me and my life. Not about how it works with seminary. Today, it is about the fact I sit in this house, as it is almost empty of our things; things that…
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25 things, for my friend Fran and becuase of her. (from Jan 26, 2009)
Edit 25 Things, for my friend Fran and because of her by Julie Kelly on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 10:26am 1. If I could change one thing about my life, it would be to live as a missionary with basically nothing. Simple is good. 2. If I could take…
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facebook gave me roots
We hear it all the time, “facebook ruined my marriage, my friendship, got me fired…”. Well apart from the fact that a computer program cannot do those things, I am here to say that facebook has done something really good, really true, of value, of moment, in my life. I…
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It will come… sooner or later.
Today is a different day. That doesn’t mean that things are different though. Yesterday a friend was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. Try as I might, I cannot cut short the sadness over the loss of his life in this world. I could not travel the 6 hours…
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