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HEALING TIME FOR BUSY PEOPLE

December 12, 2023 by

Healing time isn’t something we clock. Things get messed up, then they get better. Then you have a cool scar to show. Do you ask friends to see their new scar; do you show yours? For me, that’s yes and yes.

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HOPE HEALS? OR JUST WOO WOO

November 5, 2022 by

Hope heals the hopeless. I’m glad if it’s true. (pssst, it’s true.) But who are these hopeless people? Do you know one?

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FAIR FIGHT FOR DIFFICULT BABY BOOMER TIMES

September 24, 2022 by

A fair fight isn’t a real fight. If you’re in a fight you don’t want, what has fighting fair got to do with it? The goal of a fight you don’t want is to end it as fast as you can. This goal applies to marriage, jobs, kids, and home repair. Make it personal.

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OREGON MEMBER RINGS THE CHRISTMAS BELLS

December 25, 2021 by

This Oregon member left the state to look around. Twice. And I found out why I like it here better than there. This is how I explain it to my kids:

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HEALING PROCESS? “BUT YOU LOOK FINE.”

October 19, 2021 by

The healing process starts after a problem is identified. At least that’s the normal step. ‘Normal’ being the operative word. If something feels off, you get checked out, and you were right. Something is indeed ‘Off.’ It’s a lump, a bump, a mole, a dry cough, night sweats, chest discomfort. Need I go on? Why […]

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RECONNECTIVE TISSUES? WHY ARE THEY SO DAMP

October 18, 2021 by

Reconnective tissues don’t come in a container. You won’t find them in a printed square box under a ceramic cover on a toilet tank , or in a plain flat rectangle from the Kleenex company. Reconnective tissue can be a handkerchief, or a shirt sleeve. Even a shoulder, someone else’s shoulder, unless you’ve got enough […]

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HEALING PROCESS SECRET? STAY OUT OF THE WAY

September 21, 2021 by

I learned about the healing process early. The first fourteen years included two brothers, then a sister. My dad used to tell us to “quiet down, there’s a sick man in the hospital.” In North Bend, Oregon, the hospital was about a mile and a half from our house. We weren’t that noisy. After a […]

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HEALING HEART STARTS IN THE KITCHEN

June 7, 2020 by

If making a difference matters, and it does, a healing heart is important. But, you know this, right? Model a healing heart like no one is watching.

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BABY BOOMER ZEN FOR THE SELFISH

February 16, 2017 by

    Baby Boomer Zen: You’re quiet time is more important than anything? Yes, it is.   An English cousin came to visit one summer in the early 90’s. Cousin Andrew. We lived on SE 11th and Lincoln, tagged the Industrial Eastside, in an upstairs flat with a crow’s nest front bedroom overlooking the street. […]

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