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Wildflowers & the Weeds
"Life is a gift...a beautiful gift...and we are the stewards. Make each day an adventure of wonder in the tiny things as well as the grand things...
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The Stuff of Which We are Made
My Granny used to say, "If you have your health, you have everything." As a youngster, I thought that was just absurd. I certainly did not have everything...not everything I wanted and thought I desperately needed. I didn't have the latest Beatle album. I didn't have the dress I had been admiring for two months in the McRae's showroom. I didn't have my own backyard swimming pool. I had quite a list. As the years passed and I matured, her saying took on more meaning little by

ganavarie2025
4 days ago6 min read


The 'Always' of Saying Goodbye
2019-2026 with us Do you ever think of the last time you saw someone you were fond of? Had dinner? School or family reunion? Chance meeting out shopping? I mean the very last time because there would be no more last times? What were your thoughts during the encounter? Did you reminisce afterward? Was there anything unusual about your time together? Curious, telling, or just the usual? If I count a year from last October, so far, seven months into the year, I’ve had to say goo

ganavarie2025
May 279 min read


Rooted in Creation
Gosh! It's been a minute since I last posted. A little over a month when I look. It wasn't intentional. You know the saying, "Life happens"? Life does happen. While I'm trying to be consistent even when life happens, I, probably, like most of you, do get overwhelmed by some of it, especially when it's the domino effect. Suffice to say that I've had multiple branches of life HAPPENing all around the same time, which were unexpected and sort of threw me off center. I gues

ganavarie2025
Mar 86 min read


I'll Be Seeing You...
Never a dull moment. Don't let the grass grow under your feet. A rolling stone gathers no moss. These are some of the folk sayings that have been whirling around in my head as I contemplated this week's blog. I remember as a young mom with two very small and lively children, I used to think, "A dull moment would be nice....occasionally." Now, I find too many dull moments just plain boring. Fortunately, I have friends who keep things lively,, and I thank them for that. (Yo

ganavarie2025
Feb 46 min read
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