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361. Ability to Cope Previously I’ve written about Harold Wilke who was born with no hands. And in that writing he asked an audience to raise their hands if they had a disability. Many people did. And then Harold said, “The rest of you? Just wait…” And that...
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June 14, 2013 Ann
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360. Either – Or — potato chips cherry pie mixed nuts Dove bars corn chips starburst more and more and more — some days are good, restrained other days are like eating machines where it’s only after the fact of eating that I know I didn’t need it...
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June 13, 2013 Ann
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359. The Space — potato chips have a scrunchy sound when you put four together and bite down on them they crumble and push each other as they race down your throat filling ever so slightly the lonely space — arms are lonely bed is days and nights...
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June 12, 2013 Ann
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358. Quiet — (Psalm 46:10—–Be still, and know that I am God!) — I hear no thing—a nothing—where now I sit the darkness of the nights surrounds my days — no clatter, no voices crack through the silence computer keys sound gentle inside the lack of sound —...
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June 11, 2013 Ann
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357. The Smell of Mama I don’t know how old I was when I became aware that Mama wore Emeraude deCoty perfume and no other. It was her perfume. As a twelve or thirteen-year-old I went to a store to see what it cost. It cost a lot....
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June 10, 2013 Ann
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356. Nashville and Selma In the turbulent, and early 1960’s I lived in Nashville, Tennessee and had two opportunities to join in the turbulence. At a Church Women United meeting there was an announcement that sit-ins were going to begin at the downtown Woolworth’s lunch counter and they...
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June 9, 2013 Ann
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355. A Story on Forgiveness in Seven Parts — Part 1 – I hear the words: “I have forgiven you.” I feel the wonder and question: All? All my mistakes—things I did—things I should have done? I do not plan the wrong, but still it happens. How can...
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June 8, 2013 Ann
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354. A Man Named Ted When my grandmother was supporting nine children by working as an aide at the Roberts School for Crippled Children in Indianapolis in the early 1900’s, she met a child named Ted Wright and eventually I met him too. At the age of two...
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June 7, 2013 Ann
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353. Enemies—Strangers—Love I’ve been thinking about the line that says “Love your enemies.” I feel like I don’t have a lot of enemies, but just off hand it would not be that hard for me to love a whole bunch of people far, far away. They may not...
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June 6, 2013 Ann
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352. Empowering Blessing I love the blessing that the Unity Church uses. Here are the words (sorry I can’t put in the singing). — God is my source, God is my power, God gives me everything I need. So I give thanks for all my blessings. God gives...
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June 5, 2013 Ann
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