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minutes that make a moment, moments that make a life

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sun & son

When the boy child runs in to ask, “Mom! Have you seeeeen the sunset outside?!”

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“Attending to life is an act of love.”

—Katie Rubinstein, @gratefulness_org

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In case you need this today.💛
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When I was growing up my Mom kept an ample stash of greeting cards in her office—folders filled with sentiments for any occasion (that I sometimes shopped without asking). Whenever she saw a card she liked, she&

“The more that we allow our hearts to expand to love, deeply appreciate, and feel inextricably tied to the places, things and people of this world, the more we are likely to take a stand on behalf of what we value.”
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—Kristie Nelso

I remember being on a tour bus when I was in high school, trying to snap a picture of something outside the window. “Don’t brace yourself,” my Mom encouraged. “Just let your body move with the motion and things are less likely

In case you need this today.💜
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#whileoutwalking #and#reading #blooms #blessings
#grief #relief #healing #joy #kind #truth
#fallapart #fall#together #and #back#togetheragain
#walkon #readon #pemachodron
#love#on#the#loose #and#beyond #morning#tou

My kids call her #MotherGoose, I call her tried and true. And #onceuponatime she gifted a bit of #kfg wrist love from @dangbravegirl that’s rarely left my side—much like her friendship.
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This hoodie was at the top of the stack when I got

“We give comfort and receive comfort,
sometimes at the same time.”
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A go to card from a beloved go to shop.
Beaming this kind of love on the wire for a good
many hearts that I‘m hugging from afar right now.
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#friendship #comfort

For every family dinner ‘round this table, thank you.
For the Easter blooms from those we love and miss, thank you.
For the birds I can hear chirping despite the wet cold outside, thank you.
For a family healthy and slumbering, thank you.
For t

•—heart in the halt—•
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“. . . If I’ve learned anything from life’s hard stops, it’s that the heart can weather just about anything on the wings of hope, of encouragement, of connection, of love—and

Just in case you need this today.💜
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@emilymcdowell_ #empathycards are favorites. I first discovered her card line @milagromidwesternspa ...a spot I can’t wait to return to #onefineday
#writeon #sendlove #hanginthere #tgif (#ithink) #coloryou

This book, this morning...
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...reminded me of the following words from last year—
“Creature Comforts & Hunts,” March 2019
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#books #words #creaturecomforts #hunts #sunbeams #goingonabearhunt #gottagetthroughit #hunkerhome #colo

@theoldtry reminded me of this post from last year with his morning offering today. #Repost @fiveandtime ・・・
One of my morning reads offered this by St. Augustine: “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” Pray for both today?
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I’ve b

Remember B-Sides? The flip side of the music you couldn’t wait to hear? I still remember begging my Mom to take me to Sound Warehouse already when I’d finally saved enough money for my first Pink Floyd purchase. It was a cassette for me b

There are pictures in one of the bins I’ve yet to sort from engagement celebrating here. Before that was our first official date at one of the high tops along the west wall. Later on was a rehearsal dinner with faces loved—from family and

Some sunset skies are total show offs... tonight’s fell into that category as I marveled at the cloud color heading west. I thought I might grab a cloud-tastic capture, but realize the branches only anchor it all.
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#huddleup #everybodyin #marc