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2 B’s to Remember
Discovering a new word with a meaning that makes me smile is a special treat. A book challenging me to increase my brainpower through memorizing new words presented this word to me.[i] This “word” was both new and easy – Boon. Its simple meaning – blessing. Boon makes me smile because I know if I…
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Sadness, yet Oncoming Beauty
I experience some melancholy each year with the arrival of fall. This sadness presents itself as I remember the weeks after Kimberly’s birthday, October 8. It just so happened that I’d been to see Kimberly for her birthday, and then on to see Mother at the beginning of her last earthly decline. Ten years ago…
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Being Grounded – Staying Grounded
I find great satisfaction when I am able to execute the Yoga Tree Pose and hold that pose for at least 20 seconds on each leg. However, one of my legs is weaker than the other. I’m not where I want to be, but there’s improvement and I hope that weaker leg gets as strong…
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The Gifts of Paying Attention
A few years ago, I heard someone say to pay attention because God is in everything. The words “God is in everything” were confusing to me, almost sounding heretical, but I now realize that it simply means living life in a place of awareness. It’s a place where I’m on the lookout for seeing the…
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Ordinary to Extraordinary
A couple of weeks ago something caught my eye on our bedroom floor. I bent down to pick it up, quite sure it was trash and probably needed to be thrown away. I eat grapes quite often so wasn’t surprised it was a tiny, dried tendril that once had three grapes attached to it. After…
Kristi Pennington 