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  • The Gifts of Live Music

    The Gifts of Live Music

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Last weekend my spouse and I joined nearly 80,000 others at Levi’s Stadium to see Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour. We were closer to the stage than I had imagined, with a perfect view as a bridge extended over the crowd and Ed walked back and forth between the two stages. It made the enormous stadium…

  • 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 ~ 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 ~ Looking Back & Looking Forward While Staying Present

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    Looking Back lin·e·age ˈlinēij/ noun 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree. synonyms: ancestry, family, parentage, birth, descent, line, extraction, derivation,genealogy, roots, origin, background, heritage, dual heritage; stock,bloodline, breeding, pedigree   My blog writing, besides coming from those stories that inspire me personally and topics that I wish to share with others, is…

  • Mojo Monday ~ Love and Loss

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    I know a few things about love and loss. I know a bit about grieving, for I have danced with death on more than one occasion. As I begin to write this post about a death, a birth and two heart surgeries my quirky mind jumps to thinking about the film called Four Weddings and A Funeral or…

  • 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…