Tag Archives: faith

Spirit/Essay. For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Posted on September 1, 2018 by healingwoman

U.S. Senator John McCain will be buried today, one of many people throughout the world: some famous, many little known, too many unknown except to families or to God. Some people will have no one to bury them. When I … Continue reading →

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Spirit/Essay. Of mirrors and marathons. Reflections five years after Hell came home.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by healingwoman

It is April in New England, and the marathon has come again. Since 2013, race day is not a simple joy anymore. It is the anniversary of a bombing. It is the day we learned how strong we really were, … Continue reading →

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Spirit/ Essay. I heard the bells on Christmas Day… Hear them again.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by healingwoman

I grew up in Pennsylvania where Christians included kids who went to churches like mine, kids who attended Greek Orthodox or Roman Catholic mass, and kids who had the daily prayers and Sunday services of the Amish and Mennonites. One … Continue reading →

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Spirit/ Essay. A Question about Hats, a Matter of Heart.

Posted on November 22, 2017 by healingwoman

When I was little, I loved watching people in their Sunday best, especially the elegant lady who made me think of Queen Elizabeth. I realized, though, that coats and hats and outer finery generally came off in the cloak room. … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Destination and the Journey.

Posted on May 3, 2017 by healingwoman

If we return at death from where we came, what is life? Everything in between. ——————- In “The Doomsday Book,” a young woman, an Oxford history student, has the chance to time travel to the middle ages. She becomes ill … Continue reading →

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Essay. Patriots’ Day

Posted on May 3, 2017 by healingwoman

It is April in New England. Snow is melting, the marathon is coming. Since 2013, that is not a simple joy anymore. It is the anniversary of a bombing, the day none of us were innocent any more, the day … Continue reading →

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Essay. Milestones……..

Posted on March 1, 2017 by healingwoman

I am currently planning Joseph’s 22nd birthday, when he moves from special education for autism to an adult group home. The night he was born, I hemorrhaged after he was delivered in an emergency Cesarean section. The obstetrician said we … Continue reading →

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Essay. Finding gratitude when you don’t feel grateful.

Posted on January 22, 2017 by healingwoman

This morning I paused at the foot of the stairs and looked for the mirror that hung there for 23 years. It wasn’t there, just a nail and a bare white wall. We have taught Joseph to come directly to … Continue reading →

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Essay. My Life in Pets VI. Lily and Dying.

Posted on November 19, 2016 by healingwoman

I wrote about Lily’s vibrancy in my last post, and she was vibrant up to the moment she died. I know because I spent that long day with her, including that final moment. How do I describe what cannot be … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Road Home.

Posted on August 31, 2016 by healingwoman

After a long, hot, drought-stricken summer, autumn is here. The dogs chased balls today without starting to pant. One day this week I wore jeans comfortably rather than shorts. In an earlier time, before we had dogs and a child, … Continue reading →

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