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Essay. The Rocky Hill.

Posted on July 2, 2014 by healingwoman

Gettysburg reaped its harvest of death in 1863. Its lessons echo. People will die in war today, fighters and civilians. As at Gettysburg, too many battles will involve people who speak the same language, share the same religion, come from … Continue reading →

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Essay. The train to Baltimore.

Posted on June 23, 2014 by healingwoman

I know babies were born today, couples married. I personally know of two people who died, one after a long fight with cancer and another in a road accident. In the way we interlace the fingers of two hands, we … Continue reading →

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Essay. Gentle knights, gentle night.

Posted on June 21, 2014 by healingwoman

In honor of two men who helped me find and keep the best parts of myself. My gentle knights. I have a photo of an older man sitting on a couch with legs outstretched on a hassock, lost in a … Continue reading →

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Essay. A New Leaf.

Posted on June 20, 2014 by healingwoman

When my brothers and I were young, our grandmother would occasionally tell us we needed to turn over a new leaf. It was her way of saying we needed to stop whatever bad thing we were doing and find something … Continue reading →

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Essay. A real education.

Posted on June 6, 2014 by healingwoman

Like many other people, some of my most important education came not in school but in experience with bad health. One year I was a middle-aged woman with a son and two dogs, then a person invalided by back pain … Continue reading →

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Essay: Perfect Imperfection.

Posted on June 1, 2014 by healingwoman

I left a doctor’s appointment worried about diagnostic and treatment challenges and in increased pain from having to climb two flights of stairs and then walk down. On the sidewalk, I noticed the dogwood tree. I looked at several blossoms … Continue reading →

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Essay. Angels.

Posted on November 18, 2013 by healingwoman

Although Thanksgiving is next week, Christmas decorations seem to be everywhere. I close my eyes, sniff the colder air, and remember Tucket, the boy who wore reindeer antlers like no other therapy dog. Tucket and I volunteered at an urban … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Time that is Given to Us.

Posted on September 4, 2013 by healingwoman

When we wish we had someone else’s looks, talent, job, or wealth, we want it, but we don’t really want to trade lives. That would mean getting someone else’s health, family, and worries, as well as surrendering ours, all of … Continue reading →

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Family Health Log. Looking Back to Look Forward.

Posted on August 30, 2013 by healingwoman

My father always told me you have to look backward, to see where you came from, before you can be ready to look forward and know where to go. This became clear to me in an entirely new way when … Continue reading →

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Essay. Lessons from Doomsday.

Posted on August 2, 2013 by healingwoman

I wrote this essay in Fall 2010, shortly after the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. This morning, I felt compelled to go back to these words, to reflect with the experiences and insights of … Continue reading →

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