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Listen2love

Thanks for reading my daily reflections on marriage in March. I am returning to my weekly Friday blog posts! Grateful for you, Mary   I wrote this intention in January 2017 – This year I want to listen more to those around me rather than speak into them. I believe listening is the way to heal and mend hearts – generationally and spiritually. I want to listen actively to find that which I am to…

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Make 2018 a “Yes, and…” Year

  Improv is on my bucket list. It is something I would love to try, so when I saw that the Kennedy Center had a school program that brought the premier, improv group, Second City to DC to give high school students an improv experience, it was a no brainer to bring some of my ICC students to the performance. I’ve listened to podcasts and read articles recently about how improv principles  apply to business settings.…

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Baby Steps – A letter to fellow fractured friends

Dear fellow fractured friend, I have been considering what you shared about your longing to learn to be present. You told me about how your family and friends know you aren’t available for them or to them because you are on the phone or your mind is racing with so many thoughts you can’t even hear their words or realize their presence. I am on my own journey to quiet my mind to learn to…

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Directions or Destination?

Christmas Eve – It had been a crazy week with Mom falling and breaking her hip. The recovery was rough on us but much rougher on mom with the excruciating pain. The family had been keeping a 24/7 bedside watch on her since the fall and now moving into the Christmas Weekend. I thought I was doing fine until this Facebook Messenger exchange with my nephew. Thankful I realized soon enough my error but really…

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Moving Day is here!

Yes, It is here. Finally after years of not sending Christmas Cards, I am going to be bold enough to think I can write a weekly blog. Ha! Take that proven track record. I am not going to be bound by the past! Fifty seven years and nine children later is worth something right? Let’s see what we can learn together.    

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