Tag: connection
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The Making of McGonigoggles đĽ¸
How joy catches on. Sometimes joy spreads in the most unexpected ways. A young Detroit Tigers fan named Cece showed up at a game wearing homemade “McGonigoggles”âtwo plastic cups fashioned into oversized goggles in honor of rookie Kevin McGonigle. Just moments after television cameras featured her creation, McGonigle hit a home run. After the game…
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The Ordinary Work of Love
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…
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Mojo Monday ~ Love Letters
Love letters. Â I have written my fair share. Â As a long time lover of snail mail and years of living long distance from a few of my beaus I have spritzed letters with perfume and imprinted them with ruby red lipstick. Â Yet not all love letters need be of the traditional romantic genre. Throughout the…
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Mojo Monday ~ What We Can Learn from Anger
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to. Our anger may be a message that we are being hurt, that our rights are being violated, that our needs or wants are not being adequately met, or simply that something is not right.
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A Poem ~ Can You See Me?
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…
We Are All Meant to Shine! 