Tag Archives: God

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. 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. It Will be OK.

Posted on March 14, 2016 by healingwoman

In one night my son was born, my husband believed I was going to die, and God brought me peace. Late one night, I was bleeding on an operating room table after an emergency delivery. The obstetrician said we were … Continue reading →

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Essay. Peace.

Posted on October 30, 2015 by healingwoman

It is a beautiful autumn day, with just the right balance of light breeze and warm, afternoon sun. My two dogs chased balls and followed me while I picked up their poops. We were content. Writing this after we have … Continue reading →

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Essay. The Words that Echo.

Posted on October 8, 2014 by healingwoman

Sometime around 11 pm March 18, 1995, I was bleeding out on the OR table after an emergency delivery of Joseph and was less than a minute away from the obstetrician removing my uterus in a last attempt to clamp … Continue reading →

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