Real love

More years of experience and growth have brought about a change in my perception. Viewing life “in the gray” and behind the scenes has replaced a dogmatic outlook, a black and white type of thinking.
For myself there are more exceptions to the rules and every situation and person is unique. Simultaneously the concept of oneness [...]

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Return to the garden with self love

When discussing weight loss with my beautiful daughter, she says that I’ve been talking about the same 20 something pounds for the last twenty years. Actually, it’s just been fifteen years.
Being preoccupied with my weight and body image has penetrated my mind for as long as I can remember.
I’ve read bits and pieces of many [...]

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Prescription for the holiday blues

Not all holidays, or all holiday memories, are warm and wonderful. Remember: “This is only temporary.” Maureen Ramsey Hughes offers a prescription for beating the holiday, or post-holiday, blues.

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The Christmas Gift

Rejoice! We have already been given the greatest gift that we can pass on to one another. Our gift is available to all and cannot be purchased. It is the gift of grace and the knowledge of who we truly are. What we see and hear are merely signs and symbols of a [...]

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Life is a mystery

Life, well-lived and difficult: one day at a time is the key.

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Risk Loving

My grandchildren call me “Mo”. While driving to the county fair on that cold and rainy, mud on the ground, Friday night, my daughter mentioned that I had an upcoming birthday. My eight year old grandson, Garett, guessed my age correctly at 64. “I am an 18-year-old in a soon to be 65-year-old body”, I [...]

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