It’s coming and we can feel it. The tide of energy around us is changing. We are waking from that slumber of winter and the umbrella of 2024 energies that have kept us in a space of slow contemplation and gaining of clarity. For some this is a time of having the proverbial basket dumped upside down and having
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Living the song of your Spirit
As our Minnesota winter has been very spring-like it is actually hard to believe I still have to wait so long for garden season. Each year my unofficial first sign of spring is the Acme tomato catalog showing up in my mailbox. Last week, it happened. As I opened the mailbox the intense orange of the paper almost jumped into
For the love of a woman, or a girl
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Life at 3 miles per hour
I watch him as he sits at the kitchen counter watching woodturning videos on his phone. He is oblivious to the fact that I am staring at him… wondering what he thinks he is doing just sitting there. My mind races to all of the things he could be doing instead… in my frustration I can hear my heartbeat like
A shift of perspective – the lies our minds tell us as habit
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NO as a complete sentence
NO as a complete sentence Once again she was validating why she was setting a boundary with a person who has no sense of boundaries. Every word she said after “No, I can’t because…” was just more fuel for the fire. Just say “NO.” and be done with it, a friend told her. “What she said,” I
Letting us off the hook – New Year message from LampLighter
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Endings and Beginnings
Greetings and welcome to a NEW YEAR! How the heck did we get here?! As a kid I remember complaining about how long things, like summer vacation would last. Yes, really. I was a farm kid so summer for many of my friends was biking around town, going to the lake to swim, hanging out with friends all
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