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  • Glowing Together: Joy, Belonging, and Pride in Redding

    Glowing Together: Joy, Belonging, and Pride in Redding

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Saturday’s Pride celebration in Redding was filled with music, dancing, creativity, and color. 🌈🩷✨ But perhaps more than anything, it was filled with joy. There were performers who brought both artistry and humor to the stage. There were people in butterfly wings and rainbow socks rolling through the crowd. There were families, friends, longtime allies,…

  • The Ordinary Work of Love

    The Ordinary Work of Love

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Sometimes a railing is love. Love is often portrayed in grand gestures, but much of love looks like errands, appointments, grocery shopping, cooking, phone calls, paperwork, driving, and waiting rooms. It looks like taking notes during doctor’s visits, holding a hand, giving a hug, and listening with patience. Sometimes one of the greatest expressions of…

  • Mojo Monday ~ The Conclusion of Lizzie’s Life

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Since February I have been sharing the story of my maternal second great grand aunt Elizabeth Talmer Roberts Shepherd.  She was the sister of my maternal great great grandfather Abel Roberts.  I chose Elizabeth “Lizzie”, because in delving into family geneology I had come across a comprehensive written story of her life.  I was impressed by…

  • Mojo Monday ~ Valie’s Healing and Lizzie’s Growing Family

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Who are your ancestors?  Whose DNA did you inherit?  Have you done any researching or digging into your family’s history?  Have you unearthed any interesting stories? Since February I have been sharing the story of my maternal second great grand aunt Elizabeth Talmer Roberts Shepherd.  She was the sister of my maternal great great grandfather…

  • Mojo Monday ~ Back On the Ranch

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Elizabeth “Lizzie” Talmer Roberts is the sister of my maternal great great grandfather.  In the process of doing genealogical research I came across a story written down about her.  Her story begins in when Lizzie was born on June 10, 1861 in Headless Cross, Worchestershire, England.  I have been sharing her story here in Mojo Mondays…

  • Mojo Monday ~ Time of Change for Lizzie

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Elizabeth “Lizzie” Talmer Roberts is the sister of my maternal great great grandfather.  In the process of doing genealogical research I came across a story written down about her.  Her story begins in when Lizzie was born on June 10, 1861 in Headless Cross, Worchestershire, England.  I have been sharing her story here in Mojo Mondays…

  • Can You See Me?

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    I am sometimes confounded with how technology has created a world that does indeed feel more interconnected than ever before, which aligns with my loftier ideals regarding how we are all spiritually connected to one another and to the planet that sustains our very lives, and yet how we can still struggle at times with…

  • A Poem ~ Can You See Me?

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Can You See Me? who are you and where did you come from I am just a mongrel white girl with a blurry and undefined culture I seek connection and sisterhood my skin may be white on the outside but I feel the pain of all my sisters I have deeply felt the losses and struggles of those…