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70. Regret When a Friend Dies I’m in the middle right now of having had a friend die, and in the past few years it has happened again and again. It’s not guilt I feel. It’s regret—regret that once more I didn’t stay in touch better, that I...
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August 27, 2012 Ann
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69. Immortal Bird I read a lot—often three books a week. This year the most memorable one so far has been Immortal Bird—A Family Memoir by Doron Weber. I fell in love with Damon, the boy in this book with a damaged heart. At the same time I...
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August 26, 2012 Ann
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68. Give Yourself a High Five! I was reading one of my evaluation forms from the two years that I attended the Blanton Peale Pastoral Counseling training, and I found one place where I wrote: “Ann—Give yourself one power fist and two exclamation points and a YES in...
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August 25, 2012 Ann
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67. Music Changes Pain When I was at New York University doing a masters in music therapy, I did part of my internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and it was there that I learned in a very real way that music changes pain. Part of the time, the...
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August 24, 2012 Ann
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66. Put a Rainbow in Your Life I have learned it brightens my day to have some intentional rainbows. I cannot wait all the time for a storm on a sunny day followed by a crescent of colors in the sky. I need rainbows more often. And so...
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August 23, 2012 Ann
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65. Person With Dementia I worked in a nursing home for eleven years as a music therapist, and then moved to a different nursing home for another two years. In both facilities, I worked with persons with dementia. And I learned. The most important thing I learned was...
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August 22, 2012 Ann
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64. Why Is She So Angry? There was a time when I took a two-year course in storytelling, taught by Midge Miles. We usually met at a Catholic retreat center on the Hudson River. My first time there I didn’t know what door to use in this huge...
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August 21, 2012 Ann
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63. Winning and Whining Quote One of my top ten quotes is this one: The difference between a “winner” and a “whiner” is the sound of the “I.” That is an A.A. axiom from the book The Spirituality of Imperfection—Storytelling and the Search for Meaning by Ernest Kurtz and...
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August 20, 2012 Ann
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62. Swimming Lessons in Nyack and the Shift There was a time in my life when all four of my children were signed up for swimming lessons at the YMCA in Nyack, NY. We lived in Pomona which was about thirty minutes away. The children ages were roughly...
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August 19, 2012 Ann
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61. I Lift My Eyes I love Psalm 121 and particularly love those closing verses: The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. Isn’t that a promise and a half? When I’m having a frustrating day or week, I...
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August 18, 2012 Ann
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