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We’re Heading “Home”…Shadows of Ourselves
Dear Reader: Every time we have to leave a retreat it seems these days- Whether it is our summer Edisto one and or our mid-winter Pawleys retreat…there is a piece of us that gets left behind…a shadow....
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“Once Upon a Shoe”…
Dear Reader: Somehow, someway….The Ya’s ended up with the best planned winter retreat of all by simply reversing when we did our annual meals and adventure shopping. We usually held off to the last...
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Sunflowers and Pawley’s Island Shell Necklaces
Dear Reader; When the Ya’s arrived Thursday afternoon Libby surprised us with Pawley’s Island shell necklaces that she discovered (on-line. ) *A Pawley’s Island resident made the necklaces from her...
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Loving Being Back Home
Dear Reader: Yesterday when I walked around my yard…surprise after surprise greeted me! This large snowball camellia stunned me with its purity of beauty….no other camellia color could compete. (Libby...
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Oldest Seaside Resort in America- Pawleys Island
Dear Reader: I have had to reconcile myself to my weakness of looking over and under items…rather than at them and through them. This is true of one fact about Pawleys Island I should have picked up...
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Love Surrounds us Every Day of the Year…not just Valentines!
Dear Reader: There was certainly no sunshine early yesterday morning in Summerville…in fact it was so dark I thought it was still midnight at 6:30 a.m….all was gloomy. As I lay in bed listening to the...
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Sculpt the World
Dear Reader: Chris Frazier sent me this beautiful metaphorical story awhile back and I have just found time to catch up on some “messenger” notices since my return from Pawleys. But this story touched...
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“I Wish I Knew Then…What I Know Now…When I was Younger!”
Dear Reader: Why didn’t someone tell me when I was younger to quit planning my precious days like some robotic computerized check-off list … but instead let the day reveal itself like the early...
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Finding Heroes Inside Oncology Waiting Centers
Dear Reader: Yesterday morning was my CT Chest Scan appointment so I left early in case traffic was heavy on Ladson Road and Highway 78. But to my delight I felt like I was only one of a handful of...
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Special Covenants with All God’s Creatures
Dear Reader: Some of you, probably like me, watched the conclusion to the Hallmark American Rescue Dog Show Monday night. It is obviously unlike most dog shows since “Sugar,” the beautiful dog on the...
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The Acceptance that Life is Messy and Unpredictable…is Important!
Dear Reader: Life’s messy and unpredictable. You don’t have to like every moment of it or every circumstance you find yourself in. However, by being willing to accept that you can’t change the moment,...
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When To Treat Yourself…to Your Favorite Comfort Food!
Dear Reader: Many of you probably suspected that my post yesterday on beauty and bravery might have been hitting pretty close to home ….it was. I was so antsy yesterday I couldn’t sit still long…so...
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The Little Bird Who Lost Its Wings… but Found Its Voice
Dear Reader: One of the nicest things about people following one’s stories through the form of a blog post…is that some of these amazing people… who played such distinctive and memorable roles in your...
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Reflections on a ‘Frosty Morn’…
Dear Reader: The human memory never ceases to amaze me…like Carol Poole remembering the little story of the bird with limited wing capacity but plenty of song left in her. That story would have been...
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The Well-Preserved Beauty of Edisto Island
Dear Reader: A book sure can be a life-saver, can’t it…when it arrives at just the perfect time! This happened last week. Brooke told me about a book some friends gave her…a fictional story set on...
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Aging Tenderly with Grace and Gentleness
Dear Reader: Yesterday I had lunch out with friends and as I was paying my bill…I noticed the sign (above) on the wall adjacent to our booth. Immediately…my thoughts transferred ‘tender steaks that...
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Whew! We Don’t Have to Save the World!
Dear Reader: Haven’t we all known people in our lives who seem to have not gotten the message that they, themselves, don’t have to save the world? I remember grandmother shaking her head when a...
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Always Follow the Natural Path…Be True to Yourself
Dear Reader: It has taken me almost a lifetime to fully recognize the importance of staying on my own, unique natural path in life..not the high maintenance kind where every leaf, bush, and tree is in...
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Looking for a Rare Treasure? Look Into the Human Face
Dear Reader: I remember as a child hating going into old antique stores with my aunts and great-aunts. It was their favorite thing to do but at seven or eight…those stores smelled musty and moldy and...
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What To Take into a New Frontier…
Dear Reader: All of us are becoming aware (slowly or suddenly) of a very real situation that is coming faster than we imagined…the ‘frontier’ of the Caronavirus….in other words…the “unknown” and...
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