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It’s Not ‘PERRRRfect’
No matter where we go today we encounter the world of the perpetual “perfect” as spoken in cliche in many interactions. I don’t think ‘perfect’ gives us enough vocabulary to describe a current situation and/or an often challenging transition that one might be in the midst of. So today I encourage you to embrace the…
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Off The Map
©IBKimage2016 In November of 2016 I spent the weekend in New Orleans to participate in a surprise 70th birthday event for a dear friend of 42 years. Having arrived a day early, and settled at the Auld Sweet Olive Bed and Breakfast ,I ventured out with a…
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Time Well Wasted
Recently, I had the privilege to hear “someone’s heart” about some major decisions regarding a hoped for direction in a relationship and a desire to engage in more frequent work or perhaps a career change. After several interactions and some movement forward, I received…
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Stopping
On a recent trip to Brooklyn, NY this family of “parts” caught my eye while walking briskly down the sidewalk , arm in arm with two my own family members. The middle child up in dad’s arms wears a ®Meineke Care Care Center shirt to let us know that …yes you’ve arrived at the…
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Balls in the Air … Balls on the Ground
We continue to be in transition as our house is still on the market in one location and we’re almost finished with a remodeling project in another one 500 miles away. On a recent walk with an old friend in the new location I was…
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Less Can Be More
Happy New Year and Welcome to New Blog Recipients. I’ve been trying for some time to organize my blog list and learn new skills. My goal is to be able to send the blog from wherever I happen to be on a Thursday evening . That now…
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Something Old is New Again
It’s very interesting how things that we’re struggling with “all of a sudden” resolve. One day, without notice, something that has been taking away so much of our physical and mental effort, finds it proper proportion in our life, or even disappears. It was one of those weeks for me. I was grateful for…
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Swimming
Hello Dear Readers, Like the beautiful colored trout in a Colorado stream, I’ve been a bit “under water” (groan) for the last few weeks and thus no blog. In addition to the opportunities and change in routine in the heat of summer, there have been major transitions in our small family and in…
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Stop
Having always been a curious sort from the time I was young, I’d sometimes get into trouble – especially if I asked people about things they’d rather not disclose. The phrase then was: “Stop being so nosy”, or the firmer: “mind your own business.” I was always wondering how things worked and would…
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Endings
With major transitions, come new challenges and responses. This sound so obvious, but ask the survivors of a bombing in Boston if their lives will not be forever changed as they navigate their way through through emotional, physical, and spiritual challenges? How about our neighbors in Texas whose town blew up ? What about…