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reasons. That maybe don’t even matter in the broad skim of things. I had a
reminder today. This is an area that has needles, broken egg shells, used latex
gloves and more. I can pick what I choose to focus on. We all can.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Spirit has been tugging at me
lately.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I went to a call Sunday. A man found
his brother deceased. He had been gone from this world for days. Let me back
up. Sunday morning I read a clip about how “Where does the Bible say God will
only give you what you can handle?” The writer went onto say, where can you
find that? It’s not there. What the Bible does say, is "Lo, I am with you
always, I will fear no evil for you are with me, the Lord is near to all who
call on him." And it was a comfort to read that. But my spirit was still heavy.
and I didn’t recognize why, in particular, that was put in front of me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Let’s go back to that afternoon as
this dear man stood in front of me, had shared that he was a saved man and told
me in the past year he’s lost his father, his mother, and now his brother. He
said it several times. He kept saying, I’m at my breaking point but God won’t
give you more than what you can handle right? I t was a cry for a good word. I
prayed silently, “Lord give me wisdom.” after the coroner had removed the
body he re-entered the residence once again to try to clean up. Cleaning is always a good therapy. As he looked at the task at hand he repeated his
statement of </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> "God won’t
give you more than what you can handle, right?"</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> And I felt a Holy Spirit tug. "You know this morning I read something." And I shared with him very briefly. That the writer stated there is nothing in the
Bible that says that statement. But it does say, "He bears it for us, with us."
And he recognized it as a good word I could see. His eyes swelled with tears
and he tapped over his heart. “Yes. Yes,” He said. "Yes." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And I left him to focus on his
grief. And prayed he would feel God’s spirit of comfort in the midst of it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Next morning... was Monday and I was reading the devotion in
Our Daily Bread and it was about finding strength in God.” It quoted the verse
“I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that God’s power may
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<p></p>aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-42430296359421835752021-05-30T12:58:00.000-04:002021-05-30T12:58:02.185-04:00Look to the Light. Be the Light. Be Thankful for the Light. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyioJlpm_2OzVk1Zk32nRe1Xk5AY5qYRdrfsrzYDwCxkj0mafk_xAGzCWaHfEiwulP1G8M9lQ3SoTnIv_1cOwci5UUhEKRnsNge3A6jJU1S-j5_3N0M4GSk8VCLBMSuTvyRqOJ2UM0BXT/s2048/teapot.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyioJlpm_2OzVk1Zk32nRe1Xk5AY5qYRdrfsrzYDwCxkj0mafk_xAGzCWaHfEiwulP1G8M9lQ3SoTnIv_1cOwci5UUhEKRnsNge3A6jJU1S-j5_3N0M4GSk8VCLBMSuTvyRqOJ2UM0BXT/s320/teapot.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Standing at the sink I looked over to the sunlight revealing the need for a clean. I had wiped the kitchen down yesterday, when it was cold and cloudy. Today's sunshine streaming through revealed flaws in the wipe down. </p><p>My mind can be scattered in my thinking process. "I'm a little teapot" bounced around along with "Let your light shine" and Jesus' speaking, "I am the light of the world, whoever believes in me should not abide in darkness."</p><p>I went to thinking how some people don't care for the light. Sometimes, I ignore it myself. It reveals dirt. Dirt is embarrassing. Someone good shines and we can suddenly see our need to change our motives, attitudes, speech and our walk. So many times though when God shines the light through his word or other people instead of focusing on what calls for change or growth we get embarrassed or resentful that our own flaws were exposed. We can miss out on great things when we do. Own it, address it. Become shiny and reflective. <br /></p><p>This little teapot spoke to me loudly today and it's message continued as I tuned in online to hear Vineyard Community Church Pastor Clark's message titled, "I Saw the Light." </p><p>A reminder to my heart. Be thankful for the light. Light makes things grow. Let the light change you. May your roots sink deep into the soil of God's love and may you become strong in your resolve to face what the light reveals. </p><p><br /></p><p>John 12:46 -- John 8:12 -- Proverbs 9:8-9 -- Run toward the light -- Take your candle and go light your world -- Praise the Lord, I saw the light. <br /></p><p><br /></p>aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-4920225978252781612020-08-15T23:51:00.023-04:002020-08-16T08:41:32.664-04:00For The Love of Daisy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mWNYZlUnetFaH-QkTi_eBpwUZ-eqJIkWYNCylZrwteF466gC2LYcQ5oZZX3QMhOkQN2Gwh402zmNvMuVexVSAVSMjfAXO-ORp5M2uQ-8cf7EK_QaxmVjWrykN_YcuvQdAVACNdMuom8i/s1440/final+restIMG_0224+%2528Large%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mWNYZlUnetFaH-QkTi_eBpwUZ-eqJIkWYNCylZrwteF466gC2LYcQ5oZZX3QMhOkQN2Gwh402zmNvMuVexVSAVSMjfAXO-ORp5M2uQ-8cf7EK_QaxmVjWrykN_YcuvQdAVACNdMuom8i/w414-h310/final+restIMG_0224+%2528Large%2529.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><p></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Today your last day </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I wonder if you’ll remember your
last day like I do. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Waking up all through the early
morning hours, not able to get comfortable. You held your face close to me, you
let me invade your space, you seemed starved not for food but for my attention. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">You hadn’t eaten/drank/peed or
pooed since 5 pm last night. I’ve took you out only to watch you double tap and
produce nothing and wobble back in. I took you out at 1am to only watch you step
off the porch and turn to go back up the ramp into the house. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I watched your hind legs separate
twice as you tried to walk across the floor and go completely out to the sides
in a very unnatural position. Wobbling as I help you back up, you presented as
if it was not painful. Not out of character for you, Daisy, but in all these years
we have shared I’ve caught on to how you have hid your pain. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I placed a towel under your hips
to assist you outside a third time around 10 AM. It proved very helpful. You
didn’t pee though, you walked me to the truck instead. “Let’s go.” And maybe I
should have taken you for a last ride, but I turned you around and assisted you
back to the ramp taking you inside. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Feed her anything she wants the
Vet told me, Daisy. If only you could eat. Today you wouldn’t take a peanut
butter cracker, lunch meat, ice cream, chicken broth, biscuit/gravy or treats. You
would not be tempted to drink water. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The Prime van came and even drove
through our yard again but you didn’t get up. You didn’t bark. You weren’t
interested. You were just interested in holding your cold paw in my hand,
laying your dripping nose on my leg or my foot. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Laps of Love told me they couldn’t
help until 3 PM but you proved to be a strong warrior and fought fearlessly without
their aids. When you raised up about 30 minutes before your fight ended, I recognized
the look you had on your face. Xena had the same look, a stressed but rigid
look of determination preparing to battle. Your breathing changed as the
minutes passed. You moved around trying to breathe and get comfortable. You
accepted our touch of comfort without any sign of irritation. “We are here with
you, baby,” I told you as you were nearing the end of your fight. Emily and I
reminded you of what a good girl you have been. We talked about joys we have
experienced with you, we tried to give you courage. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">And then you left. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Different than your travel of
lightening speed to the creek when the hankering to hunt crawdads overtook you.
I always sighed and got in the truck and went after you and brought you back to
me. Different than your chase to the hay man at the gate or the landlord at the
work barn. I always sighed, grabbed a leash, and wrangled you back to me. You
traveled further than I can go this time. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">And I am left with a Daisy size
hole in my heart that I am desperately trying to fill with your scent from the
pillow you lay against. I know that will fade away eventually but never will
you fade from my mind. Please remember I love you like a big dog!</p>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I had this hanging in the bathroom as the children grew up on Shoreside. I love seeing it still hanging there. It’s still excellent advice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">“Manners are about showing consideration and using empathy. But they are also about being connected to a common good; they are about being better. Respect and consideration are traditionally due to people for all sorts of reasons, some big, some small. Here are 20 (most lapsed) reasons to show special politeness to other people.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are older.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"> They know more than you do.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They know less than you do.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They got here first.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They have educational qualifications in the subject under discussion.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You are in their house.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They want to help you financially.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They have been good to you all your life.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are less fortunate than you.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They have achieved special status in the wider world.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You are serving them in the shop. </span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are in the right.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are your boss.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They work for you.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are a police man, teacher, doctor, judge.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are in need.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They are doing you a favor.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They paid for your tickets.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You phoned them, not the other way round.</span></li>
<li style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They have a menial job.”</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Excerpted from Talk to the Hand the Utter Bloody Rudeness of Every Day Life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">(or six good reasons to stay home and bolt the door),by Lynn Truss</span></div>
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Det. Deidre Mengedoht
I did not attend the service Det.Deidre Mengedoht in Louisville today. Death affects us all differently. I was able to attend parts of the service via coverage from a Louisville television station. I did listen to the two songs her mother asked to be sung at her service because of the comfort her daughter received from them here on this earth. One was, I Will Trust In You by Lauren Daigle and another Reckless Love by Cory Asbury. Listen to them as a tribute to Det. Deidre Mengedoht. </span></span></div>
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There is a link for the service on Louisville Metro Police Department Foundation's Facebook page.
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The photos shown at the service of her family, her friends, her and her son were amazing to see. And they remind me....to remind you...</span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Sunday as I pulled out of the
driveway heading to Bardstown, I looked over at the tree line that runs
perpendicular to the fence line on the neighbor’s property. As we passed, I
spotted a good size coyote standing facing the road. I tried to point it out to
Emily, but she missed it, so I turned around in the neighbor’s driveway and
went back. Still standing in the same place, looking strong and confident she
was able to see it well, until I slowed down causing alarm and it ran toward
the tree line. I moved on and directly on the opposite side of the tree line
there was a buck. He looked so poised with his head up and antlers so perfect
facing the road. He saw us and darted toward the tree line. The same tree line
that the coyote was running into from the opposite side. The buck must have
seen it as he ran toward the tree line and adjusted his gallop to follow the
tree line instead of entering. I wish I could draw. It was all so eye and mind
catching. The contrast of the coyote on one side of the tree line and the buck
on the other. </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I tried to remember the other
awesome buck we saw on the parkway coming back from Bardstown, but I am
struggling with the memory of where I saw it and the surroundings at the time
because of yesterday's experience on the Hundred Acre wood. Yes, the very next
day, Monday, we were schooling, and Daisy lay on the back step soaking up the
sun. Daisy jumped up and started barking. I ran to the back door to make sure
it wasn't a coyote because she will run to greet the beasts as if they are in
her own personal dog park. Looking toward the work trailers it takes me a
minute to focus, but there it is, the same buck from Sunday that was across the
road. And as Daisy runs toward it, I step out on the patio. I always yell for
Daisy to stop. I don't know why. She never does. I guess it's just my fear of
the coyote luring and attacking her or the deer kicking her that spawns the
instinct. </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">She stayed within ten feet of the
buck, prancing, barking and wagging her tail. Some greeting or maybe just a
friendly warning, I'm not sure. The stout monstrous antlered buck just moseying
along, flitting its white tail as Daisy prances close barking. Daisy weighs
almost 90 lbs. She takes up half the couch. She looked so small near the buck. </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I had just taken my good camera back
to the bedroom to put away. I had no clue where my phone was to instruct Emily
to bring it with her as I called her to witness the treasured moments. She came
out slowly as I instructed and stopped moving. I even kept my arm up where I
had been holding the door as so not to make any movements that would cause
alarm. We watched it walk along the field with Daisy. Daisy stopped barking and
even took a moment to squat and pee in the presence of the statuesque visitor.
They walked side by side at times as they came toward the back yard...yes,
walked the line of the field and the back yard. Daisy was more alert as it got
closer to the yard and began barking again. It walked effortlessly. I felt as
if I were in a dream. I caught myself not focusing on the moment at times
wishing I had my camera. So, I openly offered thanks to God with Emily standing
still in the presence of this blessed event. I thanked him for the opportunity
to live here, to be a witness to the buck's passing through, to experience it
all with Emily standing beside me. He moved to the apple tree in front of the
back patio where we stood. A total of three points on each side of the antlers.
Two at the top and one coming from the side and only 30 feet from Emily and
myself. Flitting its white tail, moving its head toward Daisy's barking and
prancing. I asked Emily to move slowly back into the door where she had taken
my spot holding the door open. She didn't question but complied. This whole
scene was so unpredictable. As she backed slowly, the buck seemed to finally
notice us and jerked, then ran toward the part of the fence that is not so
covered with trees and foliage, where the groundhog lives, and effortlessly
jumped over toward the road. </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Please, Lord, don't let him get hit.
We watch as he ran across the road to the other side as cars passed. He ran
north up the road to my mailbox area and then jumped the fence running toward the
same area I first saw him Sunday with the coyote. Just as quickly as it began
it was over. </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I know as years pass, even the
etched dear moments will pass through my memory banks. Maybe, when I'm older
and lonely for past times Emily will find this and read it to me and make it come
alive once again.</span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Emily made an elephant coffee cup
when she went with a friend to a local pottery painting place late this summer.
She had a blast and could make anything for herself, but she chose to make a
coffee cup. For me. At almost ten she already knows the joy of giving is better
than receiving, even though it’s difficult for her to practice she did it. I
valued the surprise and all it encompassed. I cherished it. I was afraid to use
it. I wanted to protect it. I would use it on occasion and cringe as I poured
coffee into it. I would fill it with milk and let Emily enjoy drinking from it.
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This morning with what I am
fighting inside of me, I reached into the cabinet and thought it would be the
best cup to use. While Emily readied for school I prepared my coffee. When we
were at the front door and Daisy’s leash had been placed, I unlocked the
door and heard the bus pulling up. I sent Emily out the door in a rush. I
followed carrying an elephant and holding Daisy’s leash. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I tried not to run as I have been instructed
not to. But I wanted to make sure she looked both ways and that I got to wave
goodbye per our morning departure routine. “Look both ways,” I yell as she
sprinted off. “Be kind!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sunday night after work I parked
my cruiser at the end of the driveway where I rarely park it. As I passed it I
thought to set the elephant down on the trunk of the cruiser. It was dark. It
was wet. It slid off the truck and shattered into pieces. I knew beyond a
shadow of doubt to never be repaired. But I didn’t have time. She was already
across the road. I went into a brisk walk to the opening at the end of the
driveway. She was on. The bus driver had illuminated the inside of the bus.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She had grabbed her seat on the side of the
bus that faces me. She smiles and waves, eager to get to talking with her
friends, but per usual takes the time to wave goodbye to Mimi. I wave and smile
and in my heart, I want to cry. But I wave and smile to see her off to school
and pray she is kind to those around her. As she rides off turning to the other
children I can see they are chatting already. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Walking back up the driveway, the
shattered elephant cup screams at me. “Look what you did, Donna! Look what you
allowed to happen!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Suddenly the elephant in the room
is not the elephant that is shattered at my cruiser trunk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">There are times in my life that I
have held myself responsible for the ill that took place. I have struggled with
the idea that bad things just happen. I have struggled with the concept that no
matter how well I’ve tried to handle a situation I cannot control the outcome.
No matter how strong I present. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I have had one of those chapters
in my life resurface lately as it does periodically. I’ve tried to encourage
myself to remember bad things happen. To encourage myself that it is not a sign
of weakness. Showing up and doing what needs to be done to get to the other
side is a sign of strength. You cannot stop bad things from happening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">And then Sunday came. And with
all it brought I tried to hide again. As much as I could to hide the fact that
I was weak again. That I allowed a bad thing to happen, again. That I should
have done better. It’s been four days since Sunday and with the elephant cup this
morning the “glass was shattered.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">My eyes were open, despite not
having my first cup of morning coffee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sunday, just before I was
supposed to get off early I was dispatched to a disorder call. I won’t go into
the details but will tell you in the process of working that call before backup
had arrived my head was bounced off the concrete twice. I honestly thought for
a split second I was going to die at the hands of a meth user. Split second.
Things worked out. Back up arrived and I carried on as if bouncing my head off
the concrete was my fault and I had to just fight through it, so I wouldn’t be
perceived as weak. I didn’t go to the hospital because in my mine my injuries
were not as bad as other officers had experienced. I could hear myself talking,
it was like I was outside of myself listening. I knew I was loopy but would not
allow myself to succumb to what my mind said was being weak. I worked another
4.5 hours on the case and went home parking my cruiser at the end of the
driveway where I rarely park it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I planned the next day to go
straight back to work. I struggled with walking. My head pounded. My right eye
was seeing blurry. My wrist hurt. My knee hurt. BUT I was going back to work.
Until… I talked to an officer who knows me well. He texted with me about being
hard headed and advised I was to go be seen… I even argued with the doctor…and
then fought through what another officer who had experienced a concussion was
telling me. I was so tired. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Tuesday night, I began to connect
with healthier thoughts: “not being able to control the bad things that
happened to me as not being a sign of weakness--- that taking care of myself is not a
sign of weakness.” I started looking for positive signs from the overwhelming past
to give me courage to stand up for myself. I was reminded of a hawk that swooped
in and went after a squirrel during a huge battle I was experiencing. What it
represented at the time. I received strength from that memory. Just as I now
have received strength from the shattered elephant experience this morning as I
ponder it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We are human. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We are not in control of
everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We do feel pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We do have needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We can only suit up, show up and
do what we can in this out of control world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We can fight the best we can and know
deep in our being that God is our strength. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">God is our peace and yes, He can
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aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-28282882682080813262017-08-23T13:14:00.002-04:002017-08-23T13:14:36.316-04:00Joy to be FreeThis week I have found myself smiling as I worked...or lay in bed...or moved about.<br />
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I realized today...my thinking, my thoughts are causing me to grin, to laugh out loud, to pause and be pleased. I pass by a mirror and I don't avoid looking. Sometimes, I look and say, "Hey, there!" to myself.<br />
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I know I have lots of prayer cover...I am reminded by those who love and care for me.I'm thankful for God's hand on me and on my mind.<br />
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I also think my thoughts are not haunting thoughts as they have been in the past. I am not rehashing the what ifs or why didn't's.<br />
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That is so freeing...<br />
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That is so me.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Today was Emily's first day of Jr CPA 2017/1. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I can't begin to tell you how excited she was once she got into the truck. I asked her to tell me about her day, she said, "Well, Where do I start, it was such a big day!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">She </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">got to learn about the Mounted Unit and meet the seven horses, eat Little Caesars pizza, see the new training facility/the newest academy class at work/talk about taser and pepper spray, challenged to use "Yes, Ma'am, Yes, Sir" through the week, and ..."I got to meet the Chief Mimi!! And I took my picture with him!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Have you ever taken a picture with the Chief before, Mimi?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Well, I may have but I've not done a selfie with him." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"I'd say not!! Mimi, that's just wrong!" 🙈</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">She talked about the friends she made. She even talked about a boy that attended that never said anything to anyone. And how she's gonna try to help him feel more comfortable tomorrow. 💙</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">She found out from me that I had a video of my Academy class when we were talking about pepper spray. When we walked in the door she just had to watch it. When it first came on she paused it, ran and got a pen and paper and wrote down 12/2007. She said it was homework to find out what class I was in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">And I can go on and on with the talk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So grateful to Ofc. Towery and Sgt. Berry </span></span><br />
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aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-13276585467615559642017-03-29T10:26:00.001-04:002017-03-29T10:36:33.489-04:00How Hazel Got a TeddyHazel came to us at the 100 Acre Wood in a strange way. I was an inexperienced Bun Lover at the time. Although I'm so pleased to have Hazel in my family, I have regrets for my ignorance when she came to us. <br />
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My granddaughter came to live with me. I had just adopted two kittens from the humane society, Xena and Amy. I was working full time. I was taking care of my ailing elderly great Aunt. During my 10 hour shift that night on the way to a call, I attempted to take a bathroom break at my house. As I pulled out of the driveway... from the light of my headlamps I spotted a bunny with circles around it's eyes, with an ear and a half. I knew I saw what I saw. But I questioned myself if I really did. Yes, a domesticated bunny with a half ear. I ran and got a box. Remember, I'm an ignorant bunny lover at this point. I caught it, rather quickly and with no time did it escape out of the box as I tried to keep it in. I had to get to my call, so I left. <br />
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As soon as the call was complete I came straight back to the house and got out on the radio. I texted a fellow coworker and low and behold she was an experienced bunny lover. I told her about the half eared bunny. She came over and together we caught the bunny. A bunny with circles around it's eyes and two full ears. I caught it with a children's butterfly net and we got it in the box. It had taken some time so I stationed it in the house with some direction from my friend and we went back to work. <br />
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Thus the awakening to a bunny love I never knew I had.<br />
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Xena was smittened by her and initially I refused to name her because I thought...someone is missing her. The next day I borrowed a habitat from another person my friend knew who raised bunnies. I went and got a habitat that was bigger. And set the borrowed aside. Until, looking out my kitchen window a few days later, I spy with my little eye, a bunny with circles around it's eyes and an ear and a half. <br />
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I will tell you right now, it pains my heart to even write about this. My granddaughter named the first bunny, Hazel. The second bunny, I took to the humane society where a pregnant worker took him from me and fell in love with him. I only assume for my heart pain that she kept him. Hazel mourned her love being taken yet again. <br />
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They were both dropped off at my driveway. They were mates. As time went by, I found Hazel to be pregnant. She was probably too young. But she struggled for 20 minutes trying to get the first kit out. They were all eight dead when they were born. We tried everything to revive them. Hazel mourned her babies and our hearts broke. <br />
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Xena pretty much adopted Hazel. We didn't know at the time but Xena was either born with or caught feline leukemia at the shelter. She passed this February 2017. She took a piece of us with her. Only a year and a half old, she was adored and admired. I had never had a cat like her. And Hazel mourned her friend. <br />
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It's difficult to watch a dependent baby mourn so much. I don't do well with observing suffering. I want to make it better. I found the Bun Bun Brigade that was an hour away. My granddaughter and I took Hazel to see if she would accept Teddy. Yes, we chose Teddy for Hazel through the website. Just like we had done Xena. Amy came with Xena because they seemed to be sisters...and they lived like it, too. <br />
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After only one night of sleeping separate, tHazel and Teddy were able to share the habitat. <br />
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Now, Hazel has a Teddy. And you get to enjoy the "bun-i-ful" joys of their companionship. <br />
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half months pregnant with Ariel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I think it’s amazing how we are equipped with all these
spare parts. Appendix? Gall Bladder? Who needs them…Why even yesterday; Emily
worked on a loose tooth until it was lying in her hand instead of the socket in
which it was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s difficult for me to sit still. But I must as I’ve lost
an organ this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Today marks the day Aunt Juanita went to her heavenly home.
My heart aches and so I take pictures and videos of my sweet babies today trying
to hide from the pain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s difficult for me to sit still and think. But again I must as I’ve
lost a piece of my heart this year. My anxiety level is high. I am irritable in
so many ways that I try to hide it because Emily shouldn’t have to carry the
burden nor should my fur-feathered babies. I know Aunt Juanita is in a better
place. I finally went by her house the other day. Her neighbor called and said
there was a hole in the roof over the front door and she knew Aunt Juanita
would not have wanted her home to have such neglect. Aunt Juanita’s executor of
estate is truly the same even a year later. I had told the neighbor to call him
as he was the one in charge of the Aunt Juanita’s property now. He told her he
had nothing to do with it. That it belongs to the bank. I told her to call Code
Enforcement. I told her to drop my name. I know that isn’t true as the bank
contacts me monthly since Aunt Juanita left us to ask when the executor will be
sending a death certificate. I went by her home and took a picture. I couldn’t
keep it on my phone. It breaks my heart to see it. But the kind neighbor is
right. Just above the front porch is a hole and green moss trails down.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">As it rains today…I am keenly aware of the
damage that slowly grows on 1616 Strader Drive. I want to stop it from
continuing. Probate court says get a lawyer…the bank says get a lawyer. I’m a
single Mimi. I don’t have money for a lawyer. I have had dreams this past week
of Granny dying and leaving a bird that the executor failed to look after…that I
sneak in her house to help it. I’ve had dreams of Aunt Juanita in her home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Maybe, I can do something. It’s been year. I know in my
heart that Aunt Juanita worries nothing about anything here on earth now. But I
want to do right by her. Maybe, a door will open. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Maybe, it’s just a simple way to try and heal my heart by
trying to save her house just like taking pictures of my babies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">No matter the holes your try to fix the damage is done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Unlike a surgery recovery or a tooth growing back…some
broken hearts never mend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">"Some memories never end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Some tears will never dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">My love for you will never die."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Emily and I left the store with our rabbit greens in tow. Once
settled in the truck, the bag of dandelions beside me, I couldn’t resist the
urge to pluck one out of the bag and start taking it in my mouth as I had
observed Hazel and Teddy do numerous times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Maybe it was the connection I had with the sweet lady in the
store that watched me sort through the dandelion greens, asking me in her
broken English how I cooked them. I had lowered my voice as if it were a secret
and said, “I don’t. I feed them to my rabbits.” Maybe she didn’t understand
what I said or maybe she just wasn’t swayed by my ignorance because she went on
to tell me that they are good for me and I could boil them and make tea. Yes, I
thought to myself, I had bought dandelion tea before. And yes, I had watched
Silas pluck a dandelion once when he wasn’t feeling top notch and tell me it
would aid him in feeling better as he just popped it in his mouth and started
chewing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I suddenly thought…I am learning something here that I just
didn’t pay attention to before…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">So there in the truck, the dandelions looked quite appealing
to me and I munched one up. Just like Hazel would. “You ate it, for real?”</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Emily gasped from the back seat as she
watched it disappear into my mouth. “I did!” I explained in surprise at myself,
too. “Well, let me try,” Emily replied. I went on to tell her it was a little
bitter but not too terrible. She pinched off a very tiny piece and chewed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">So curious I began looking up the nutritional value on my
iphone. Totally surprised by what I found. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Since then I have had dandelion greens in my shakes that
contain spinach, too. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Dandelion
herb contains notable nutrients and is a great source of nutrition during
winter <br />
This humble backyard herb provides (%of RDA/100g)-<br />
9% of dietary fiber, <br />
19% of vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), <br />
20% of Riboflavin,<br />
58% of vitamin C, <br />
338% of vitamin A, <br />
649% of vitamin K, <br />
39% of iron and <br />
19% of calcium. <br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/dandelion-herb.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/dandelion-herb.html</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">So my question is…WHHHHHHHYYYYY are we using pesticides on them? </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">What if we as keepers of God’s garden are actually “weeding out”
the good stuff? </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">What if we as the recipients of God’s goodness are actually turning
our nose up at a simple food? </span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s not like we haven’t done this before when He gives us what we
need to succeed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">And the bees…what about the bees…can’t you just find it in yourself
to tolerate the dandelions. </span></span></div>
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think they are so dandy all the way around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">At bedtime on the evening of the first set of Olympics
Sports that Emily watched this year, she said as I put her to bed, “Mimi I want
to be in the Olympics when I get bigger. What sport can I do where I won’t get hurt?”
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A few days ago, we were talking about how she missed her
mommy and daddy. We talked about how Mommy and Daddy have Mimi’s phone number
and they can call to visit. I told her, “Remember, there are talking doctors
that can help you sort your thoughts while you wait for Mommy and Daddy to
visit.” She said, “NO WAY! YOU are all the doctor I need!” I asked her, “What
would she do if she was a mommy and her children lived with their Mimi.” Her matter
of fact reply? “Well, you see, that would never happen, because I would be
raising my children.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Last night after ballet practice, George treated us to Taco
Tico for dinner. EVERY single time Emily enters there she asked the same
question to the employee at the register while pointing to the “Now Hiring”
sign. “So, what about this? Can I be hired here?” The lady this time told her, “Awe,
honey, you have to be sixteen to work here.” She dropped from her tippy toes, a
position she had to be in to see over the counter and started counting on her
fingers. “Eight more years. I have eight more years.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">When we got our food, as she scarfed hers, she very proudly
said, “I want to run for president!” Oh, my, I would surely vote for you,
Emily!!! I told her, you know why? Because you have a good heart, you care
about people, you are smart and you try hard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A few minutes later she said in a voice that seemed to be
talking to herself… “I want to make a movie and be a star.” Of course I don’t
know how much of her thoughts were provoked by the television playing in the
corner. But then the news came on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">And there in front of my Emily was the devastated Syrian
child shown again sitting beside himself, in the ambulance, discovering blood on his face and
wiping it on the seat as if to separate himself from the trauma. I can’t began to
tell you the pain I feel when I see it. I simply detest the sensationalism. The
thought that even as a grown man, his inner child will relive this moment
because some sorry tail, selfish photo journalist wanted a “prize shot.” A prize shot...of no one giving to the comfort of the hurting devastated child...set the blasted camera down and do something important like give to the child who just had an unbelievable trauma occur. I was in disbelief as it was revealed to my granddaughter as she ate her dinner, despite
my having been able to keep her from the exposure for so long now…I said, “This is
why I do not let her watch the news. I don’t want her to see the bad in the world.”
Emily then said in her self-preservation way…as if she can control the future…because
doing so makes her feel safe… “That’s okay. I’m just gonna make sure it never
happens to me.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Kids…do say the darnest things…some funny…some touching…some
so very heart breaking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>This morning, to face the stress
monster, I decided a walk was in order. Holding my phone in my hand refreshing Facebook
and Instagram was not healthy and I knew it. It's not that I don't have plenty on my to do list, it's just I said I wouldn't start it until I did some kind of exercise.</div>
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I got Hazel in the house and Amy ran in too. Oliver and
Ricky were watching out the back window intently discussing loudly the reasons
they should be on my shoulder. </div>
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Daisy and I took off… passed the flower garden...Passed the
area of tree line the deer bed down with Xena following all the way. She was
running top speed. She was whining the whole way…my cat interpreter was
recognizing small phrases, like, “wait up!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“My legs are so short!” “I can’t cry and run, slow down!” </div>
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I took a picture and knew as I did I would have to turn
around and take her back. I went a bit further and called for Daisy to come
back with me. Confused but obedient, she came. </div>
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Getting Xena into the house, we turned to leave again. Daisy
shoots to the work barn and Baby jumps out of the honeysuckle bush and runs to
me in the field. It didn’t take me as far as it did with Xena to turn back with
Baby. I rationalized it…she’s a bigger cat. She won’t go as far as we will…and
I called for Daisy. Calling "Daisy" sounds uncannily like "Baby" so every step I took Baby
came as quickly as possible. No Daisy, though. I head back.</div>
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I put Baby in the house, grab a leash and walk to the work
barn. Getting Daisy by the collar as I converse with my landlord about the deer
on the property, I detained ole Daisy Mae. </div>
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This time…we are going to walk the perimeter of the property;
NOTHING is going to stop us.</div>
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Part way around the property we stopped at the creek for
Daisy to cool her heels then we headed onto the west side where the new alfalfa
field grows. As we get into that area, I remember the coyotes coming back to
this area after they checked on the deer a few days ago in broad daylight. I
got myself a bit spooked as I remember I don’t have my weapon. I remember I don’t
want to watch two coyotes attack my Daisy without something to assist my fur
baby in the fight. But I keep walking. Why? Because I said, NOTHING is going to
stop us. I start trying to think about what I have to fight with…a retractable
leash and an iPhone. Not my choice of weapons. I think if something were to
happen I could call the landlord for assistance…IF he could hear his phone over
the noise of the cement mixer. I decided I could keep from the very edge of the
tree line and maybe the coyotes wouldn’t be interested. I remembered the family
of fox that were interested in Silas, Daisy and I a few plus years ago in the
same vicinity. I thought about how Daisy was no match for a male and female
coyote…that I was leading her into possible danger. </div>
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So I stopped.</div>
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I turned around, took a picture of Daisy in a field of
Alfalfa and headed back the way I came…I felt as if I had grown by leaps and
bounds. </div>
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I recognized the dangers and acted smart about our safety.</div>
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I didn’t
allow myself to keep going in the direction my inner being was telling me not
to go. </div>
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I faced the reality that I was not locked into a situation, having to “just deal with
it and hope for the best.” </div>
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I can set boundaries. </div>
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I can allow myself an out, it
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And so I grew. </div>
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And my physical exercise was not the only exercise I
experienced…this morning, the morning Emily is off on her first day of third
grade adventures.</div>
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aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-34026643975907871132016-06-01T14:46:00.004-04:002016-06-01T14:46:45.844-04:00Which way do we go, George?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We went from living together for a year, then married and
living together for 26 years, then divorced, but together living apart now for
five years. I can’t explain it and don’t really feel the need to even try. Sometimes
though when certain paperwork has to be filled out, or when I introduced George
to someone, there is a strong need to be truthful. If I say this is my husband,
George then my conscience says, you’re divorced. When I say this is my
ex-husband ,George, then my conscience says, he’s not your ex, he’s your
partner. When I say, this is my friend, George, my conscience, who presents
itself as Donald Duck, starts throwing files around, exclaiming proof of how George
is much more than a friend. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Status papers take no place over history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So Happy 32nd Anniversary to George, you know, the guy I
love and with whom I share my life. </span></div>
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aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-18177751909985648512015-10-04T11:03:00.002-04:002019-03-27T22:57:01.237-04:00The Struggle to Select the "RIGHT" Coke Zero is Real Folks<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I was struggling again last night. Three reports down, I
needed to shake it off. 2300 hours is too late to have a cup of coffee so I
decided to drank a Coke Zero…(much influence from George’s daily intake). I
stopped by a Speedway in the area where I had an extra patrol. When I located the
group. I opened the cooler door to find, “Alum, Team, Coach,” etc. and Naomi. I’m
not personally connected to a “Naomi.” It would be silly to get Naomi. Get
Naomi. Team would be more suitable since there was a ballgame today and as
officers we need to work together as a team. Get Naomi. So, I did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I cruised back to the area of extra patrol, got dispatched
to a call that required an over the phone report. And I continued to work. As I
lifted “Naomi” to try and combat the tired, weary feeling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Biblically in the past readings, I mostly focused on Ruth.
But I knew Ruth and Naomi went together like peanut butter and jelly. So I ran
a search on Naomi and selected the writing and had Siri read it to me on the
way back to ending. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Naomi was a pleasant woman. Very sweet. This changed over ten years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I was reminded of how they moved to an idolatrous place to
escape famine despite God's promise to them that He would never let them be
without. How they went to a city, her sons marrying forbidden women, her
husband dying, her two sons dying all in the span of ten years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Naomi returned to her old community bitter, sour and desolate.
Some may say she suffered because of their disobedience and not trusting in God’s
promise. She blamed God for what she suffered. You have to consider; would her
struggles have happened had she been obedient? Noami returned to her land
whether to be obedient or not she returned and doing so brought her back to the
mindset of relying on God. Her dear daughter-in-law stuck with her and
eventually birthed Obed….and his line brought forth the Messiah himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I was reminded how no matter the change we make in plans,
God controls the outcome. He can bring good out of our bad. He can use sorrow
and troubles to bring us closer to him. I was reminded how as humans we tend to
look at our circumstances as if we are victims and see no connection to the
role we played to bring it into our lives. And I was reminded of a Bible study
I did years ago, when I read the Bible more, when I thirsted for it’s truths…The
study guide by Fran Sciacca is titled To Yield With All Your Soul. And chapter
eight is: Naomi and Ruth—the unexpected sorrow of life. I returned to it this
morning…and found the author had written “We are not random people revolving
aimlessly in a circumstantial world. We are children of a heavenly Father who
is able to use the effects of sin to serve His eternal purpose. And His desire
is always to glorify Himself by conforming us to Christ. To misunderstand this
vital truth will inevitably lead us onto the low road of resentment rather than
the high road of sanctification.”</span></div>
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encourage a struggling believer I would..." hum...share a Coke zero...or
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">And so Naomi…dear visit from the past…thanks for keeping me
awake and alert…thanks for quenching my thirst…thanks for your life story.</span></div>
aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-70481964482080753622014-09-15T21:25:00.002-04:002015-07-24T09:42:33.698-04:00Watching For Suspicious BehaviorsOn a bank detail today...It gave me time to work on a report left over from beat staffing last night. So except for being apart from my furry feathered babies it's been okay. I watched a little boy enter with his mother (?) this morning. He was having to run to keep up with her as she towed him by his little hand. She grabbed two suckers as they left and he cried wanting to pick his own. She pulled them out of her wallet as they ran out the door and told him to "stop acting like this in public it's embarrassing." I wanted to stop and talk to her about "embarrassing behaviors" but of course not my place. But his little blonde-ness was upset...and the process of getting a bank sucker had a lot to do with it. That was early this morning...And I forgot about it.<br />
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Until after 2PM a grey headed elderly man (in his 60's) walked in, conducted his bank business and left pulling the plastic off a bank sucker, looking for the trash receptacle. I directed him to it. He stuck the sucker in the side of his jaw and exited cheerfully. Not a care in the world showing on his face.<br />
And well. I was suddenly aware of the stark difference in what I had witnessed.<br />
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Then there was the elderly couple (70-80 yo) that were in the bank to sign papers on a closing. The agent seated them in the office and left to retrieve something. The little old man crossed his arms across his belly as he sank in the chair and let out the biggest longest belch that has probably ever attempted to enter a public realm. The elderly lady swatted him in a stern motherly manner and fussed low enough I couldn't make out what she said. But he "acted" the part of reprimanded. And they sat quietly waiting for the agent to return.<br />
And then the little ole lady probably 70's who walked into the bank when no other customers were present. Only one teller was present as the others were in back doing something and she said,"it's so quiet in here, it would be a good time to rob a bank." -- she scanned the room to the right to see me sitting there in full uniform...and she looked like she saw a ghost. I said to her, "Ah ha....Uh oh!"aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-12297878367874783522014-08-27T12:23:00.002-04:002020-10-07T19:22:05.005-04:00Filtering the Moments<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yesterday I woke around 4am. I had thinking that wouldn’t
stop. I had a personal battle that returned and amazingly chose to wake me out
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But the day was turned around as I made pancakes to take to
the park with my daughter and granddaughters. It was a positive challenge,
getting up making pancakes, preparing for the adventure and arriving. The highlight
of my day. Or so I thought. I posted photos to facebook of the sweetest faces
after arriving home even before taking a 20 minute nap. The upcoming 10 hour
shift probably needed more but that’s all I got. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, the shift begins. At Roll Call during the briefing we
watch a training video. It is a traffic stop made by an officer who gets shot
seven times. The suspect gets away but has a collision during chase by other
officers and dies. May seem like a depressing way to start your work night. For
us, it keeps us on our toes. We discuss things. We try to rid the element of surprise
and face the facts that anything can happen, be prepared and keep moving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*A white teen female seen being pulled by a black teen male with
a group of black males who had been previously involved in a disorder. The
caller a teacher felt the female was in danger. After hearing my description of
the female my fellow officer knew where this female lived. We go to do a
welfare check. The grandfather answers the door. He says she’s in the basement.
There is a child just under two standing on the kitchen table. Grandpa (late 60’s)
is unaware as he shows us to the basement. We get him to attend to the little
girl first and he sighs, “She’s so busy.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We head downstairs. There are three teen
females and four teen males. The smell of incense and narcotics in the air. A
fifth teen male knocks and is let in the door…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Another call is a stolen dog. The caller just knows the neighbor
has it. I ask the neighbor if I can walk through her house to eliminate the accusation.
She willingly escorts me in and immediately starts ranting and raving about how
her rights are infringed upon. Her mother lies in a hospital bed with oxygen
tube, never moving, seemingly in a comatose state. I gently ask how her mother
is, one because I feel she may not be getting the care she needs, two, because
I want to connect with the ranting woman and let her see I’m a caring individual.
She literally blows up. I am thankful I have enough foresight to have turned
on my recorder at the beginning of the call. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*It was how hot yesterday? Well, take that heat and stand on
burning hot asphalt for an hour directing traffic in a very busy intersection.
My fellow officer and I made executive decisions to toss our required hats to
avoid heat stroke. It was not the call to be on after sucking down a tall
coffee 30 minutes before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*And the elderly man, who lives by himself, a retired
military man, who lost his arm and had just been diagnosed with cancer…the
radiation treatments so very new to him. He kept trying to call his son-in-law
and he the wrong person answering, he felt like “someone was playing a cruel
joke” on him. Even his house number was wrong. So he called 911. After calls to
his daughter and son-in-law his clarity returned and he poured himself a glass
of wine…his daughter stating they are allowing him to drink now that he has
cancer. I fail to see the logic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*While fueling up, I watch what appears to be a drug
transaction meet. I copy down both registration plates. The three go into the
station, all to the beer cooler, the one comes back and pays for a Foster, and
the other two travel passed all points of sale into the parking lot with 40
ounce beers tucked in each cargo pocket. I move from pumping and towards the
truck. I’m certain my instincts are right as it’s narcotics and shoplifting. I
walk up to the window, speak and the driver throws it in reverse, I step back
and he speeds off. By the time I remove the gas nozzle and get in my cruiser
and take off they are long gone. And I want to find them. And I set my jaw and
began the calls to the registered owner and start toward the address of the
registered owner and I call a fellow officer. He listens and asks “How would
you like to help me make a difference in a baby’s life instead.” And there’s no
hesitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*So I end up at the hotel where an eleven month old baby has
been left with a heroin user while his heroin using mother is out…Stripping?
Prostituting? The drug using male would not let us know but the indicators were
there on both accounts. He had warrants. The mother could not be contacted. The
grandmother wouldn’t answer the phone. But the cabinet did. And I waited with
this trusting soul for 4+ hours. Cleaning the poop off his little raw behind, dressing
his little shivering body, feeding him, singing to him, bouncing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and cuddling with him and just 40 minutes
before the cabinet came to transport him to the Foster Home…I got him to sleep.
I loaded him in the car seat and he woke and looked at me. Unlike a normal baby’s
response as they wake to see a stranger, he instead looked at me for a few
seconds, sighed and went back to sleep. He turns one next month. He doesn’t
crawl, the back of his head lacks the roundness it should…but he can love still…and
trust. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So this morning…after getting to bed at 3:50am, almost 24
hours later from waking up to face my own battles, I get the mail. There is an
article someone wants to share with me. It’s titled “The best thing that
ever happened to us.” Taken from TheOptimist.com. And it talks of other experiences
how they “allowed the traumas in their lives to improve self-perception to
newfound intimacy with others, an enriched philosophy toward life and a drive
to find meaning<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and impact through professional
pursuits…how this is called PTG…post- traumatic growth.” (written by Andrew
Tolve).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I read it and then I write…and I share what I write. To
educate. To encourage. To praise a God who allows something beautiful to come
from brokenness and strife. </span></div>
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Much like the one on Moma's last day. </div>
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On the third trip to the health care facility to check on my Aunt Juanita, while sitting in traffic, I ran a search on the internet using my my iphone..."random Bible verse"....I put that in Google and got several suggestions and just hit one...</div>
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<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's <i>house certain</i> which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was <i>of the age</i> of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/5-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.</div>
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I hit the "speak" on the page and Siri read it to me...I had her read it over and over as I drove to Aunt Juanita. I had questions...Like, "Why" (that's a typical question for me lately)...Why did Jesus tell them not to reveal what happened? Why did he come in and tell everyone she was sleeping when he truly brought her back and advise the family to keep it under wraps. And why, why can't we have that healing for so many here today and now. I thought of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/princesssophiagracesjourney?hc_location=timeline" target="_blank">Sophia, a sweet little angel who has been battling Batten's Disease</a> and her angel keepers. And I talked to God about it...I haven't gotten the answers I want but He knows my heart. </div>
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It was thoughts / conversation I wouldn't have today had I not looked into the Bible. </div>
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Then after I cleaned my bathroom tonight, feeling accomplished but so far behind in what needs to be done that the accomplishment was not as great as I wanted to believe. It's difficult, I won't put on like it's easy caring for someone in a health care facility. It had been a month or so that I had been able to clean my bathroom due to Aunt Juanita falling and breaking her hip. She fell the day after the 1year anniversary of her sister's death and had surgery the following morning. So it's been Central Baptist, then Cardinal Hill and now the rehab at a Health Care Facility. I'm there two to three times a day. It's so taxing working 2nd shift full time...to spend time with her and make sure she has what she needs. Do her laundry, wash her wigs and take them to the salon, purchase items she needs, experiment with things to occupy her time, take her to the gardens, courtyards, and other areas outside, take her to her house these past two Sundays to visit her cat, go feed her cat everyday, and the birds, make sure the house is in order, get her mail in...pick up food or replace the food that is not edible or appetizing to her at times...and the list goes on along with the list of my life obligations. Taxing? Maybe, a little...maybe a lot! Maybe I get resentful sometimes. </div>
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AND so ....after I cleaned the bathroom tonight I got ready to sit down with my iphone and check in on a few things...and remembered the above picture. So I picked up my Bible and went out to the front porch. The sky was opening up and it was so inspiring. I opened my Bible to the New Testament. I looked to the right of the page for "a message." </div>
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<u>vs 40 ...."Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me."</u></div>
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I went back to the beginning of the message...verse 31 of Matthew 25 and read to the end of the conversation being verse 46. and if I didn't get anything else from this "Bible Text" I got the important message...that what I am doing for Aunt Juanita, it's the same as if I am doing it for Jesus. </div>
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And those lonely people that I want to hug that sit and wait for their family members to stop by and love on them...when I smile at them and pat their shoulder when I walk past them...I'm patting the shoulder of Jesus...and how can a person get down about that? </div>
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This entry is not to try and make myself feel better or brag about what I am doing ... It helps document my life happening...but it's mainly to challenge you...to answer the "text" that's calling out to you. Cause I got two texts today that altered my thinking...maybe you are looking for a word, too. Facebook and Instagram are fun to check into...but I need meaning...purpose...maybe you do, too. </div>
<br />aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-14570528450388688072014-05-14T22:43:00.001-04:002015-07-24T09:42:33.642-04:00And What Is Rain?He wrote shortly after he left: "raining"<br />
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and what is rain ... but a wet love showered upon us ... We can receive with reserve or embrace it passionately ... today as I worked in the garden ... as the showers lightly fell ... I thought of how YOU have taught me to embrace rain passionately ... my garden inspires me to listen as I see what rain is capable of providing ... I will sleep knowing if it rains I can receive more blessings and my heart will be full just as my rain bucket becomes ... spilling over onto thirsty ground.aclaypot4himhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511324240565746125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767122346485302473.post-64087043565030834632014-05-11T09:38:00.000-04:002015-07-24T09:42:33.688-04:00A Mother's Day Poem from 2001 <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Are
there really any words for this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">I
find this question tough...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Anything
I want to say,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Just
doesn’t seem enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">What
way is there to thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
your heart, your sweat, your tears,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
ten thousand little things you’ve done,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
oh-so-many years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
changing with me as I changed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Accepting
all my flaws,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Not
loving ‘cause you had to,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">But
loving “just because.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
never giving up on me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">When
you wits had reached their end,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
always being proud of me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
being my best friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">And
so I came to realize,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The
only way to say,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The
only thank you that’s enough,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Is
clear in just one way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Look
at me before you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">See
what I’ve become,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Do
you see yourself in me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The
job that you have done?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">All
your hopes and all your dreams,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The
strength that no one sees,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">A
transfer over many years,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Your
best was passed to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Thank
you for the gifts you give,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
everything you do, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">But
thank you, Mommy, most of all,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For
making dreams come true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">And being a Mother was my dream...to have five children and marry a George...I am truly blessed by all the six as mentioned in this <a href="http://aclaypot4him.blogspot.com/2012/05/mothers-day-best-days-of-my-life.html" target="_blank">2012 post</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">May you know your worth. More precious than rubies.</span></div>
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I was sitting on one couch with Ricky, Daisy on the other...drinking my coffee and chatting with my big sis on the phone. When Daisy came alive and starting barking like a hooligin at the back door. I'm thinking meter reader, right? I go to the back leaving Ricky on the couch (not cool with a cat in the house BUT I think when bird's see cats they scream out something like, "Taw a putty tat!!!" so I wasn't worried about that as much as I was about a possible intruder in the back yard). Daisy was so upset I had to disconnect from the phone...and concentrate on locating whatever had Daisy in a bind. Couldn't see a thing...Which is odd. Daisy is not a story telling like some dogs are.</div>
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And then I located it...a turkey...tip toe-ing through Daisy's domain. Of course, I ran and got my camera. No worries, I gave a quick glance toward Ricky as I passed by. He was alerted to all the action but safe. </div>
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Tip Toe-ing through Daisy's yard</div>
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And well, when I came back to the kitchen window, I learned there were two intruders.</div>
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So I shot BOTH!!!!!</div>
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Just so I could have turkey to share with YOU!</div>
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and like that they were gone...Daisy wanted out soooooooo very bad. </div>
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And that was not an option as I was so concerned she would run </div>
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helter-skelter into the road after them because she was so keyed up. </div>
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Grateful that Pika is way too lazy to get up and join the excitement, </div>
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I put Ricky back into his habitat to collect himself. </div>
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I'm certain barking is to Ricky as squalking is to Daisy.</div>
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I kept Daze in for a time...but she continued to stay at the back door in solider mode. </div>
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"Okay, Daisy, but I'm going out there with you and you best better NOT run toward the road. </div>
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And she darted out the door...</div>
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toward the field. </div>
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And I felt a relief. </div>
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But I had let my guard down...and was unable to shoot the next event...</div>
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Somehow Daisy knew there was a third intruder in the tree line of the field. </div>
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And I only became aware of the same as I saw her flush him out.</div>
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I said out loud as I watched it unfold...</div>
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"Just how high can a turkey fly?"</div>
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I watched as it flew over 50 foot above the trees...a goofy-majestic bird...looking like it could kerplunck with it's chubby physique at any moment...the bird that George reminds me everytime we see one..."was the first choice for the national bird"</div>
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Yep, Just how high CAN a turkey fly?</div>
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"Just as high as he needs too!" I answered myself.</div>
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And Daisy came running back so excited about her mission...</div>
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and expecting praise for purging the property. </div>
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And she got what she was looking for. </div>
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She always does.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I struggle with PTSD. There I said it. Don’t ask me what the
traumatic incidents are cause I may never be ready to share. What I want to
share is a “spring” thought. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With PTSD I experience periods of depression. Again,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also know I am not the only one. So, when I find pieces of
hope or tools to cope I tend to want to share. Cause I’m heart is big and my
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today is the first day of spring. And after days of feeling impending
doom, I woke with Daisy’s sweet smile…and noticed it to the point of basking in
it. My granddaughter sent a good morning video and told me she loves her Mimi. I saw a note of inspiration posted by someone who is hurting real bad.
I stood an egg on balance as I had done with my children spring after spring
after spring. Brought back precious memories and I found myself smiling. I
observed the mess around me that piled up in these dark times…and it didn’t
seem so big. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Daisy coaxed me outside… I had that feeling of ugh..she
makes me move when I don’t want to…I grabbed some poo bags so I could pick up
the past two days of presents Daisy had laid around and be productive. I urged
Pika’s fourteen year old tail outside with us (if I have to go, you do too). And
chucked the ball…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I picked up the presents, chucked the ball, noticed the
workers driving in and noticed my attire (wearing my pjs, my housecoat, and my
orange rain boots as there are no fashion requirements on the 100 Acre Wood), continued to pick up poo and chuck the ball… watched Daisy ecstatic
and Pika inspired, clearly aware of my smile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As if I had some loyalty to my depression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I looked at Daisy’s face as I picked up poo, her smiling and
panting, begging for me to chuck the ball again, I’m picking up poo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And that’s exactly what I needed to recognize. You get
dressed. You smile. You deal with sh**, you keep moving. It’s okay to be happy.
It’s okay to be sad. Maybe I need to accept life as it is, “chuck it, deal with
poo, smile, chuck it, clean up poo, smile….” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maybe that is my inner peace. To accept life on these terms.
Instead of wishing I could fix, change, redo. Keep moving and cheat on my
depression when I can. It’s so entangling. So takes over every facet of the
day. Why not cheat on it when I can!? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today. At this moment. My heart is not beating erratically. My
mind is not making circles around itself. I don’t feel like I’m trying to run
in mud. And the elephant has shifted a bit off of my chest. Tomorrow may be
different.</span></div>
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to feel in tune with spring. </span></div>
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