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Monthly Archives: April 2011
A Visit From Gramma
Wednesday night I dreamed of my grandmother. I was outside on a patio, in bright sun, there were people milling around, and then…. there she was in front of me, dressed in all white. All white cotton, and a white … Continue reading
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Hopeful Parents
Mornin’…! I’m over at Hopeful Parents today. If you come over and visit me there, I’ll do a jig.
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Chihuahua Love
Yippeepalooza. I’m in love with a Chihuahua. You want to make something of it? It was so unexpected. He’s just so darned handsome. How’s a girl supposed to resist? All the rumors about his kind have proven to be untrue. … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, chihuahuas, dogs and kids
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Tiny Chat
Some of you who read this blog are no doubt familiar with Lydia of the wonderful Autistic Speaks blog. Lydia is great at instant message, but sometimes becomes overwhelmed in real life conversation. IM is a wonderful way for her … Continue reading
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Reiki from Riley
At camp a couple of years ago, Riley learned about Reiki. She knows how to send her good energy out to anyone who might need it. At church recently, the kids learned more about it, and this is a picture … Continue reading
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Counting My Blessings
On Thursday Riley had a cold, and did not feel up to Girls on the Run. There had been some discord in the group while I was away and I was prepared to give them a stern talking to, so … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Parenting
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Parents….you are enough.
While in LA, I met up with some friends, (more on them in a later post) who mentioned Elaine Hall of The Miracle Project. I was familiar with Hall because I’d done a review on Autism the Musical for Age … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, autism, Parenting, spirituality
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The Makepeace Brothers and other good things
The Makepeace Brothers performed at the Agape Revelations Conference. Listen to their song Thank You here. They are dreamy young men with a sound similar to Paul Simon. Talk about a rampage of appreciation! It was so good to go to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham-Hicks, appreciation, Revelations
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The Source Which Created the Universe and Everything In It, Doesn’t Play Favorites
What would your life be like if you knew, really knew God loved you as much as everybody else? This was a question (paraphrased) posed by Hans Christian King, one of the speakers at the conference I just attended. Hans … Continue reading
Whoops.
Today was glorious, sunny…blue skies. This afternoon I stood out on my balcony brushing my hair, when I noticed my brush had accumulated a bunch of hair in it. So I pulled the hair out of the bristles, and tossed … Continue reading
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Lost and Found
A woman at the conference lost her purse. When it was found, the $630.00 which had been in it was missing. Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith made an announcement about this at the dinner banquet last night, and asked the participants … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, spirituality
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All is well….
Green mat, third in on the left, closest row. I’m in LA. Typing this from my balcony on the 17th floor. The picture was taken yesterday at 7AM from my friend Kathy’s room. We are at the Agape International Spiritual … Continue reading
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Yippity Snip
This is the face of someone who is about to be neutered. We’ve held off, because the thought of complications, the thought of anything happening to this dog… let’s just say Seth lives for him. It would be bad. I … Continue reading
En-lak’ech Ala-kin
On Sunday at church, Rev. Tony gave a talk about the concept of “what I see in other people is actually something active in myself.” He spoke of “form vs. content,” a concept in A Course in Miracles, and gave … Continue reading
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Pillow Talk
The other night, I turned out the light, then requested HT spoon closer. “How can I get closer?” he asked. “I want your molecules, all smashed up against mine,” I said. He snuggled in a bit more. After about ten seconds … Continue reading
Mean
Just in case you missed this performance at the 2011 ACM awards. I thought it was darling. And now for something nice, from the same show:
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Friday Rampage of Appreciation
I’m feeling kinda in love with life today. It was the first day of the new homeschool co-op session. I am teaching a Lego class: It went well. We worked on two dimensional projects today. We’re going to slip in … Continue reading
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Tagged Asperger's, family, homeschooling, marriage
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Autism on PBS
Subject: PBS Press Release: Autism Today Importance: High Robert MacNeil returns to PBS NEWSHOUR to report on Autism Today 6-part series airs during Autism Awareness Month April 18 – 26, 2011 ARLINGTON, VA (March 29, 2011) – Autism – it’s … Continue reading
Virtual Choir
Okay, I know this is really gorgeous, but it’s also somehow unsettling to me. Yes, the music is hauntingly beautiful. But I have to admit, the balls floating around with all those faces in the videos do wig me out … Continue reading
Fill in the ________.
One of the songs we are doing in Windsong this season is called Stand. One of the lyrics in Stand is… “It starts with a whisper, the smallest I am.” When we were working on this song in rehearsal my … Continue reading